| Pronunciation: | | 'retisunt
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| Matching Terms: | | reticence, reticency, reticently
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- [adj] reluctant to draw attention to yourself
- [adj] cool and formal in manner
- [adj] temperamentally disinclined to talk
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| | Synonyms: | | reserved, restrained, self-effacing, taciturn, unassertive, undemonstrative, unemotional, untalkative |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ret"i*cent\, a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to
keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See {Tacit}.]
Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
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