RETICENCE


Meaning of RETICENCE in English

n.1 the avoidance of saying all one knows or feels, or of saying more than is necessary; reserve in speech.

2 a disposition to silence; taciturnity.

3 the act or an instance of holding back some fact.

4 abstinence from overemphasis in art.

Derivatives:

reticent adj. reticently adv.

Etymology: L reticentia f. reticere (as RE-, tacere be silent)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.