indiscreetness

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For her "indiscreetness" Argula was banished from court; and her husband, "for not controlling his wife properly," was dismissed from his lucrative position at the palace.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

But, thanks to the innocent credulity and indiscreetness of the friend to whom it was sent, the defamer was discovered and exposed.

From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by Remsburg, John B.

Either some one abroad was in collusion with him or perhaps indiscreetness rather than guilty connivance was responsible for his learning what he did learn.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

That we know all his tastes and prejudices appears rather a compliment to our penetration than a proof of indiscreetness on his part.

From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by Lowell, James Russell

My cheeks reddened at the thought of my indiscreetness; yet he was a man to command confidence.

From The Holladay Case A Tale by Stevenson, Burton Egbert