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indiscrezione

indiscretion

noun een-dee-skreh-TSYOH-neh Rare
Communication Speech

Usage Note

Indiscrezione can mean either the abstract quality of lacking discretion (la sua indiscrezione è nota — her indiscretion is well known) or a concrete indiscrete act, especially a leak of information (l'indiscrezione di un giornalista — a journalist's leak). The plural is indiscrezioni. The related adjective is indiscreto (indiscreet).

Examples

"L'indiscrezione del ministro ha causato uno scandalo."

Natural Translation

The minister's indiscretion caused a scandal.

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