age of discretion
Americannoun
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You have now reached the age of discretion.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) by Albert Bigelow Paine
Henry, the horse, was a sober animal who had long ago reached the age of discretion.
From Cy Whittaker's Place by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
To ensure the safety of her offspring, the bear might keep me up that tree until her cubs had arrived at the age of discretion, and be able to take care of themselves.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
Years, twenty-four, but alleged not yet to have reached the age of discretion.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
This "age of discretion," or competent age, as the Catechism Rubric calls it, is not a question of years, but of character.
From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by E. E. Holmes
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