† undiscretionn.
Obsolete.
= indiscretion n.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > imprudence
indiscretionc1340
unprudencea1382
undiscretiona1395
unadvisednessc1449
unadvisement1526
imprudence?1541
undiscreetness1542
imprudency1576
indiscreetness1658
a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. xxviii Therfor they by undescrecion oft sithes ouertraueyle her witts.
1420–2 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes iii. 3449 Ȝoure-silf to drowne in torment & in woo..Is gret foly and vndiscreccioun.
1563 T. Harding Answer to Iuelles Chalenge To Rdr. (1565) 4 b The note of vndiscretion shall remaine to them.
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