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DISCRETIONARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
Example:
The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds
Synonyms:
discretional; discretionary
Classified under:
Similar:
arbitrary (based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice)
Derivation:
discretion (the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies)
discretion (freedom to act or judge on one's own)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed
Example:
discretionary income
Classified under:
Similar:
unrestricted (not subject to or subjected to restriction)
