reticence
ret·i·cence (r
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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. | reticence – the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
uncommunicativeness – the trait of being uncommunicative
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