reticence

(rĕt'ĭ-səns)
n.

1. The state or quality of being reticent; reserve.
2. The state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness.
3. An instance of being reticent.

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noun

1. The keeping of one's thoughts and emotions to oneself: control, reserve, restraint, self-control, self-restraint, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness. See restraint/unrestraint.
2. Reserve in speech, behavior, or dress: demureness, diffidence, modesty, self-effacement. See restraint/unrestraint.

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