reserve, reticence, taciturnity
(noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reticence (countable and uncountable, plural reticences)
(uncountable, also, figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.
Synonyms: reserve, taciturnity
(uncountable) A silent and reserved nature.
Synonyms: introversion, reservation, Thesaurus:shyness
Antonyms: ostentation, Thesaurus:talkativeness
(uncountable) Followed by of: discretion or restraint in the use of something.
(uncountable) Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something).
Synonyms: disinclination, hesitation
(countable, uncountable, rhetoric, obsolete) synonym of aposiopesis
reticence (third-person singular simple present reticences, present participle reticencing, simple past and past participle reticenced)
(transitive, rare) To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.
Synonym: pass over
Source: Wiktionary
Ret"i*cence, n. Etym: [L. reticentia: cf. F. réticence.]
1. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness. Such fine reserve and noble reticence. Tennyson.
2. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 March 2025
(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
