- reticence as a noun:
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reticence
noun
1 reticence
The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.
synonyms: reserve, taciturnity.
Roget 528: concealment; hiding etc. v.; occultation, mystification. seal of secrecy; screen etc. 530; disguise etc. 530; ... show more
Roget 585: silence, muteness, obmutescence†; taciturnity, pauciloquy†, costiveness†, curtness; reserve, reticence etc. (concealment) 528. man of few words.
Dutch: zwijgzaamheid, gereserveerdheid, geslotenheid, reserve, terughoudendheid
Polish: milczkowatość, mrukliwość, burkliwość, mrukowatość, milkliwość, małomówność
Moby thesaurus: aloofness, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, chilliness, coldness, constraint, coolness, detachment, discreetness, discretion, distance, expressionlessness, frigidity, frostiness, guardedness, iciness, impassiveness, impassivity, impersonality ... show more.
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