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Discretionary

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adjective. Left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

adjective. Available for use as needed or desired.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Left to discretion; limited or restrained only by discretion or judgment: as, an ambassador invested with discretionary powers (that is, empowered to act according to circumstances).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adjective. Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adjective. having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment

adjective. (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed

Word Usage

"Then, again, the courts have what they term discretionary grounds for divorce."

cross-reference

abuse

Equivalent

arbitrary unrestricted

Form

discretionary spending nondiscretionary nondiscretionary spending

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

concessionary recessionary

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

autonomous decentralize expansionary federal financial

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

arbitrary autonomous discretional elective free