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taciturnity

[ tas-i-tur-ni-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the state or quality of being reserved or reticent in conversation.
Scots Law. the relinquishing of a legal right through an unduly long delay, as by the silence of the creditor.

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin taciturnitās, equivalent to taciturn ( us ) taciturn + -itās -ity

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