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DISCRETIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does discretional mean?
• DISCRETIONAL (adjective)
The adjective DISCRETIONAL has 1 sense:
1. having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
Familiarity information: DISCRETIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
Synonyms:
discretional; discretionary
Context example:
The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds
Similar:
arbitrary (based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice)
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