单词 | reticence |
释义 | reticence 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) |
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