age of discretion
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 Read, Opie Percival
Boys may graft indiscriminately for practice, but grown-ups, having arrived at the unfortunate age of discretion, must operate only on those kinds known to succeed when joined.
From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
Every sane woman who has arrived at the age of discretion is the guardian of her own honor.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper
That had been decided upon by destiny years and years ago and ratified after Hugh had reached an age of discretion.
From Nedra by McCutcheon, George Barr
Because he never reaches the age of discretion.
From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.
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