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Reticence

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Noun

1. reserve, reticence, taciturnity

the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Reticence

see synonyms of reticence
noun
the quality or state, or an instance, of being reticent; reserve
: also ˈreticency

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Reticence

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adj.
1. Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. See Synonyms at laconic.
2. Restrained or reserved: "The laughter was steady, if reticent" (Bernard Lown).
3. Usage Problem Reluctant; unwilling.

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