the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint: His natural reticence seemed to disappear under the influence of alcohol.
Sometimes, ret·i·cen·cy.
Related forms
non·ret·i·cence, noun
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Reticencyis always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2.
reluctant or restrained.
Origin: 1825–35; < Latin reticent- (stem of reticēns), present participle of reticēre to be silent, equivalent to re-re- + -tic-, combining form of tacēre to be silent (compare tacit) + -ent--ent
c.1600, from Fr. réticence, from L. reticentia "silence," from reticere "keep silent," from re-, intensive prefix, + tacere "be silent" (see tact). "Not in common use until after 1830" [OED].