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Definition of Reticence
1. Noun. The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.
Generic synonyms: Uncommunicativeness
Derivative terms: Reticent, Taciturn
Definition of Reticence
1. n. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness.
Definition of Reticence
1. Noun. tight-lippedness, discretion, avoidance of saying too much ¹
2. Noun. a silent and reserved nature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reticence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reticence
Literary usage of Reticence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century by Alfred William Benn (1906)
"But the strongest motive of all for strict reticence was, no doubt, ... In such
circumstances it seemed most politic to adopt the reticence of the Whigs ..."
2. Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving by Bram Stoker (1907)
"During his lifetime, ever since his business affairs were conducted on a big
scale, we observed for purely protective reasons a very strict reticence. ..."
3. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1907)
"JNE of the most striking traits of the teaching of Jesus is its reticence concerning
many things which one would like to know. Through all Christian history ..."
4. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... at finding Emin a prisoner on our third return to the Nyanza—What might have
been averted by the exercise of a little frankness and less reticence on ..."
5. In Darkest Africa Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... the Nyanza—What might have been averted by the exercise of a little frankness
and less reticence on Emm's part—Emin's virtue and noble desires—The Pasha ..."
6. In Darkest Africa by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... might have been averted by the exorcise of a little frankness and less reticence
on Emin's part—Emin's virtue ami noble desires—The Pasha from our point ..."
7. The Yellow Book by Fraser Harrison (1894)
"reticence in Literature By Arthur Waugh ... argument did not require him to
consider, namely, the extraordinarily un-English aspect of this reticence ..."
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