indiscretion

Questions about indiscretion

What does indiscretion mean?

indiscretion means "the trait of being injudicious". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indiscretion?

indiscretion has 4 syllables: in-di-scret-ion. The stress falls on "scret". In IPA it is /ˌɪndɪˈskɹɛʃən/.

What is another word for indiscretion?

Close synonyms include injudiciousness, peccadillo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indiscretion a common word?

indiscretion is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with indiscretion?

1 word rhymes with indiscretion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.