reticence
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noun- 1.
(also, figuratively, uncountable)(uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.
Đồng nghĩa: reserve, taciturnity
- 2.
(uncountable)A silent and reserved nature.
Đồng nghĩa: introversion, reservation, bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, reluctance, introversion, quietness, reservation, reticence, shyness, sheepishness, timidity
- 3.
(uncountable)Followed by of: discretion or restraint in the use of something.
- 4.
(proscribed, uncountable)Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something).
Đồng nghĩa: disinclination, hesitation
- 5.
(countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable)Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”).
Đồng nghĩa: aposiopesis
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verb- 1.
(rare, transitive)To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.
Đồng nghĩa: pass over
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ine-pro The noun is borrowed from Middle French réticence (act of keeping silent, silence; reserve; aposiopesis) (modern réticence), or derived from its etymon Latin reticentia (act of keeping silent, silence; aposiopesis), from reticēns (keeping silent, reticent, silent; keeping secret, concealing) + -ia. Reticēns is the present active participle of reticeō (to keep silent;