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1 indiscretion
noun2) (imprudence) Unbedachtheit, die4) (revelation of official secret etc.) Indiskretion, die* * *[-'skreʃən]noun die Indiskretion* * *in·dis·cre·tion[ˌɪndɪˈskreʃən]n[sexual] \indiscretion[s] Affäre[n] f[pl], Techtelmechtel nt[pl] famyouthful \indiscretions [kleine] Jugendsünden* * *["IndI'skreSən]nIndiskretion f; (= tactlessness) Taktlosigkeit f, Mangel m an Feingefühl; (= affair) Abenteuer nt, Affäre fhis youthful indiscretions — seine jugendliche Unvernunft, sein jugendlicher Leichtsinn
* * *indiscretion [ˌındıˈskreʃn] s1. Unbedachtheit f2. Indiskretion f:a) Taktlosigkeit fb) Mangel m an Verschwiegenheit* * *noun2) (imprudence) Unbedachtheit, die4) (revelation of official secret etc.) Indiskretion, die* * *n.Indiskretion f. -
2 indiscretion
in·dis·cre·tion [ˌɪndɪʼskreʃən] nyouthful \indiscretions [kleine] Jugendsünden
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