different between discretion vs folkland

English

Etymology

From Middle English discrecioun, from Old French discretion, from Late Latin discr?ti?, from Latin discerno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??sk????n/

Noun

discretion (usually uncountable, plural discretions)

1. The quality of being discreet or circumspect.

   Bob showed great discretion despite his knowledge of the affair.

2. The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
3. The freedom to make one's own judgements.

   I leave that to your discretion.

Antonyms

• indiscretion

Derived terms

• discretionary
• discretion is the better part of valour
• surrender at discretion

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• cretinoids, directions, doctrinise

Old French

Alternative forms

• discrecion

Noun

discretion f (oblique plural discretions, nominative singular discretion, nominative plural discretions)

1. discretion (ability to make one's own judgments)

English

Etymology

From Old English folcland. Equivalent to folk +? land.

Noun

folkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands)

1. (law, historical, Britain) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
   • 1889, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution

     The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.

Related terms

• bookland

References

• folkland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• landfolk