RETICENCE

reserve, reticence, taciturnity

(noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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

Verb

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

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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

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