[usuallybeforenoun] (formal) decided according to the judgement of a person in authority about what is necessary in each particular situation; not decided by rules:
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is discretionary a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, discretionary is tagged as adjective.
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