TACITURNITY
reserve, reticence, taciturnity
(noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
taciturnity (countable and uncountable, plural taciturnities)
The trait of being taciturn.
(legal, Scotland) Failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies that it is being given up.
Source: Wiktionary
Tac`i*tur"ni*ty, n. Etym: [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnité.]
Definition: Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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