Dictionary entry

Indiscretion

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In′dis‐cre″tion (?), n. [Pref. in- not + discretion: cf. F. indiscrétion.]

1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence.

2. An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.

Past indiscretion is a venial crime. Cowper.