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Reticence Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ence

Reticence has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

2

Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.

Verb
1

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
uncommunicativeness
Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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