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Meanings of reticence in English

The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.

Usage of reticence in English
1
Really, she had no sense of reticence when it came to injustice.
Four dukes and a devil
2
At this crisis she displayed a self-control and reticence which were admirable.
Number Seventeen
3
I understand your reticence, but I only have a message to deliver.
Star trek: terok nor: dawn of the eagles
4
There is the evidence of extreme reticence and moodiness in Fuller always.
Adventures in the Arts / Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudevil...
5
One would hope Gatland expresses no such reticence in the dressing room.
The Guardian
6
Such reticence must mean he's a bootlegger or bawdy house owner, Pemberton.
Serena
7
His imagination was struck by the quality of reticence in her beauty.
The Reef
8
That reticence was part of the general constraint lying upon them all.
Within the Tides: Tales
9
Petawanaquat listened with grave intelligence, but with the reticence of an Indian.
The Red Man's Revenge: A Tale of The Red River Flood
10
Which he never had, having learned the power of reticence from her.
Union Atlantic
11
The man of the world preferred her reticence to the wisest speech.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax
12
His instinctive reticence stood firm until the moment of the new birth.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
13
He knew that pride and a certain reticence were her natural qualities.
Running Water
14
In consequence of his reticence I was driven-ordrove myself-toblank verse.
Bertram Cope's Year
15
Sometimes extremely upper-class people -some -have a sort of reticence.
Radio NZ
16
Mr. Rickman had never been less inclined to reticence in his life.
The Divine Fire
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Reticence across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common