indiscretion
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There follows a catalog of gaucheness and indiscretion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Years later, he literally mobilized an army to prevent that brief indiscretion from destroying his political ambitions.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
They spoke briefly about it before they were married and then he forgot about what he considered a youthful indiscretion by his wife.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
Instead, they’ve forced a recounting of all the times the royal family and the palace press have covered up, often with outright lies, scandal, indiscretion and health scares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Every thing declared it; his own attentions, his father’s hints, his mother-in-law’s guarded silence; it was all in unison; words, conduct, discretion, and indiscretion, told the same story.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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