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reticency - 2 dictionary results

ret⋅i⋅cent

[ret-uh-suhnt]
–adjective
1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2. reluctant or restrained.

Origin:
1825–35; < L reticent- (s. of reticēns), prp. of reticēre to be silent, equiv. to re- re- + -tic-, comb. form of tacēre to be silent (cf. tacit ) + -ent- -ent


ret⋅i⋅cence, ret⋅i⋅cen⋅cy, noun
ret⋅i⋅cent⋅ly, adverb


1. taciturn, quiet, uncommunicative.


1. talkative, voluble.

Reticency

Ret"i*cen*cy\, n. Reticence.
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