Australian English Meaning of reticence
reticence
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Definitions and Meaning of reticence in English
reticence (n)
the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
reticence (n.)
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.
A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.
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reticence
the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessaryThe quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holdin
reluctance,disinclination,doubt,hesitation,hesitation,hesitation,Scepticism,unwillingness,mistrust,hesitant
conviction,inclination,Willingness,assurance,certainty,surety,assuredness,certainty,positivity,Sureness
retiary => retiarius, retiarius => retiarius, rethoryke => Rhetoric, rethor => rhetor, rethink => rethink,
