There is a great measure of discretion to be used in the
performance of confession.
Jer. Taylor.
9. Regulated division of movement: (a) (Dancing) A regulated movement
corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed;
but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet. (b) (Mus.)
(1) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of
accented beats. (2) The space between two bars. See Beat, Triple,
Quadruple, Sextuple, Compound time, under Compound, a., and Figure. (c)
(Poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long
and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic
measure.
10. (Arith.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of
times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the
greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.
11. A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means
to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as,
political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken in the
conferring that trust, and lamented his error.
Clarendon.