Reticence - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈretɪsns|  American pronunciation of the word reticence
Brit.  |ˈretɪs(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word reticence

noun

- the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary (syn: reserve, taciturnity)

Extra examples

...the publisher's reticence to make content available online for free...

There are both justifiable reticence and understandable self-censorship in this book.

From long association with men she had learnt a manlike reticence.

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