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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Undiscretioun, n. [ME and e.m.E. undiscrecion (a1395), vndiscreccioun (Lydgate), vndiscretion (1563); Discretioun n.] a. Indiscreetness; lack of judgment. = Indiscrecioun n. b. Injudiciousness; lack of discrimination. —a. 1597 Elgin Rec. II 60.
The ident … trauellis … done be … thair sessioun clark in … wretting of thair actis of discipline upoun small chargis be the undiscretioun of dyvers that hes ado in the sessioune —b. 1621 Acts IV 616/2.
[A price list] quhairby the subiectis … may knaw and vnderstand quhat pryces they ought to giff for everie letter wreat, extract and seall heirefter, and be nowaye subiect to [the] vndiscretioun of the wreateris and keiparis of the seallis
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