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Simora [160]
3 years ago
13

Which sentence uses the word discretion correctly?

English
2 answers:
ololo11 [35]3 years ago
6 0
B. bob used discretion when speaking to the movie star eating in the diner
AVprozaik [17]3 years ago
3 0
ANSWER:

C. Bob used discretion when speaking to the movie star eating in the diner.

Discretion means to behave or speak in a manner which intentioanlly avoids causing offence or revealing confidential information to another person. As Option C is the only option which uses the word discretion in the correct context with consideration of it's definition, it must be the correct answer.

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