not knowing what bed or bread did mean. The winter of 1635/6 was cold even by New England standards. That winter, Narragansett Bay froze over, an event that rarely happens. In this extreme cold, Roger Williams, a city boy from London, made his escape on foot from Salem.
Discretion is defined as the right of someone to make choices or the quality of someone who is careful about what they do or say. 1  An example of discretion is the ability of a juror to determine a verdict. 2  An example of discretion is not talking about politics at family dinners.
If you have the freedom to decide something on your own, the decision is left to your discretion. You're in charge. Discretion traces back to the Latin verb discernere to separate, to discern from the prefix dis- off, away plus cernere separate, sift.. If you use discretion, you sift away what is not desirable, keeping only the good. If you have the freedom to choose, something is at your discretion..