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Meaning of discretio | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[dɪsˈkreː.ti.oː]

Definitions

  1. separation
    declension-3, post-Classical
  2. difference, distinction
    declension-3, post-Classical
  3. discernment, discrimination
    Late-Latin, declension-3, post-Classical

Equivalents

English difference Discernment discrimination distinction separation

Examples

“c. 400 CE, Macrobius, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio”
“303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 7.12.4”
“4th c./5th c. AD, Palladius, Opus agriculturae 8.4.5”
“380 CE – 392 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.1.1”
“405 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate 1 Cor..12.10”
“405 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Hebr..5.14”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

discretione discretionem discretiones discretioni discretionibus discretionis

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