discreet

discreet
    adj 1: marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint;
           "his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought
           gold necklace" [ant: {indiscreet}]
    2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning
       editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: {discerning}, {discreet}]
    3: heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions";
       "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its
       use"; "a discreet investor" [syn: {circumspect}, {discreet}]
    

Discreet \Dis*creet"\, a. [Compar. {Discreeter}; superl.
   {Discreetest}.] [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence
   the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See
   {Discern}, and cf. {Discrete}.]
   1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or
      evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent;
      sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.
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            It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the
            learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation,
            and gives measures to society.        --Addison.
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            Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet
            To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. --Pope.
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            The sea is silent, the sea is discreet.
                                                  --Longfellow.
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   2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Dis*creet"ly},
      adv. -- {Dis*creet"ness}, n. Discrepance
    

108 Moby Thesaurus words for "discreet":
      Olympian, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, calculating, canny,
      careful, cautious, chary, chilled, chilly, circumspect, close,
      closemouthed, cold, considerate, constrained, controlled, cool,
      dark, deliberate, detached, diplomatic, discriminating,
      discriminative, distant, dry, enlightened, evasive, expressionless,
      forbidding, frigid, frosty, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant,
      icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, introverted, judgmatic,
      judicial, judicious, leaving out nothing, mindful, moderate,
      modest, noncommittal, offish, on guard, overlooking no possibility,
      pawky, politic, provident, prudent, prudential, reasonable,
      reflecting, reflective, regardful, remote, removed, repressed,
      reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, safe, secret, secretive,
      shifty, shrinking, simple, slow to act, standoff, standoffish,
      subdued, suppressed, tactful, temperate, tentative, thorough,
      thoughtful, unadorned, unadventurous, unaffable, unapproachable,
      uncommunicative, uncongenial, undaring, undemonstrative,
      unelaborate, unenterprising, unexcessive, unexpansive, unextreme,
      ungenial, unostentatious, unprecipitate, unpretentious, wary,
      watchful, well-advised, well-judged, withdrawn