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The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence.

Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous. "Blind or indiscriminate forgiveness." I. Taylor. The indiscriminate defense of right and wrong. Junius. -- In`dis*crim"i*nate*ly, adv. Cowper.

Not discriminating. -- In`dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv.

Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality. Jefferson.

Making no distinction; not discriminating.

Not discussed. [Obs.] Donne.

Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta.

Want or failure of discovery.

To discover beforehand.

A previous discovery.

To discover again.

Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

Want of discernment. [R.] Spectator.

To keep close or secret. [Obs.] Daniel.

Indiscreet. Chaucer. -- Un`dis*creet"ly, adv. -- -- Un`dis*creet"ness. -- Un`dis*cre"tion, n. Indiscretion.

also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens.

Abashed; confounded; discomfited. [Obs.] Chaucer.

exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

nt abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.