age of discretion
Americannoun
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When the hope of the connoisseur has arrived at the age of discretion and valour, it is put forward in open combat, perhaps to perish in the first encounter.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
Years, twenty-four, but alleged not yet to have reached the age of discretion.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
As the child arrives at the age of discretion, and obtains the right use of reason, he is obliged to practise these virtues, and thus I strengthen his soul and grow in grace.
From The Excellence of the Rosary Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin by Math Josef Frings
Think of it, well advanced toward the age of discretion, and yet you are about to give yourself to a dying man.
From An Arkansas Planter by Opie Percival Read
My sister, though many years younger than I, is at least old enough to be at the age of discretion.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
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