Discretion and Responsibility

Discretion

Discretion noun - The ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters.

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Responsibility and discretion are semantically related. in caution topic. In some cases you can use "Responsibility" instead a noun "Discretion".

Responsibility noun - The state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right.

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Discretion and responsibility are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Discretion" with "Responsibility", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

human	human discretion	human responsibility
full	full discretion	full responsibility
public	public discretion	public responsibility
total	total discretion	total responsibility
Other adjectives: actual, absolute, partial, social, less, strange, parental.

One gets the impression that, away from central planets and main trade routes, the captain is the Federation, with all the discretion and responsibility that implies.

Source: Franchise / Star Trek

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