discretio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

discrētĭo: ōnis, f. discerno (postclass.).
I A separation: cum vis aliqua utrumque (corpus et animam) discreverit, quae discretio mors vocetur, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 17; Lact. 7, 12, 4.—
II A difference, distinction: sine discretione, Pall. Jul. 4, 5; Amm. 17, 1 al.—
III Discernment, discrimination, capacity for distinguishing (late Lat.): ne, propter discretionem difficilem, jus incertum sit, Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 10: boni ac mali, id. Hebr. 5, 14.