age of discretion
Americannoun
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While Inge and Sigurd were in their childhood, they had a court together; but Eystein, who was come to age of discretion, had a court for himself.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
After reaching the age of discretion, the adult is usually of sufficient intelligence to refrain from mimicking or imitating a person who stutters or stammers.
From Stammering, Its Cause and Cure by Bogue, Benjamin Nathaniel
And now that the twentieth century is coming to the age of discretion, we hear a new term of reproach, Mid-Victorian.
From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord
Papa never realizes that I have at all neared the age of discretion.
From Told In The Hills by Ryan, Marah Ellis
You have now reached the age of discretion.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) by Paine, Albert Bigelow
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