Reticence

Noun
reticence


 * 1) the avoidance of saying too much
 * 2) a silent nature

Quotations

 * 1897: You must not be angry with him, Art, because his very reticence means that all his brains are working for her good. &mdash; Dracula, Bram Stoker

Synonyms

 * reserve, secrecy, taciturnity
 * bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, quietness, reservation, shyness, timidity

Antonyms

 * openness, talkativeness
 * loquaciousness, ostentation

Adjectives for Reticence
noble; diplomatic; exaggerated; introspective; masterly; strict; womanly; haughty; dignified; excessive; dogged; cautious; judicious.

Verbs for Reticence
couch in—; discard—; lapse into—; penetrate—; pierce—; shroud in—; sink into—; —blinds; —cloaks; —conceals; —curtains; —envelops; —masks ; —mystifies; —perplexes ; —puzzles; —screens; —veils; —with¬holds.

Thesaurus
aloofness, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, chilliness, coldness, constraint, coolness, detachment, discreetness, discretion, distance, expressionlessness, frigidity, frostiness, guardedness, iciness, impassiveness, impassivity, impersonality, inaccessibility, introversion, modesty, remoteness, repression, reserve, reservedness, restraint, reticency, retirement, standoffishness, subduedness, suppression, unaffability, unapproachability, uncongeniality, undemonstrativeness, unexpansiveness, withdrawal, withdrawnness

Etymology
From reticentia < reticēre

Translations

 * German: Reserviertheit, Schweigsamkeit
 * Italian:


 * Russian: ,


 * Russian: сдержанность

Related terms

 * reticent, reticently