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discretionary
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As an adjective, discretionary means available at one's discretion.
Meanings of discretionary
3 meaningsadjective
Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
“discretionary income”
“discretionary powers”
Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
“The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds”
Similar: discretional(especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed
“discretionary funds”
“discretionary income”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: having or using the ability to act or decide according to…
discretional
Words that rhyme with discretionary
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