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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