Definition of reticence
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:an instance of being reticent
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:reluctance 1
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Former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke and other white supremacist leaders celebrated his reticence.
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Milley's comments don't criticize Donald Trump or run contrary to any recent White House comments, but their clarity stands out amidst the growing furor about the president's seeming reticence to call out bigotry since the clashes.
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Public reticence does not necessarily imply a lack of planning.
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Despite the Marines’ reticence the names of the crash victims are appearing on Facebook posts and other social media.
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One day before a tournament at Winchester when Ahmed was 11, First Tee executive director Angie Dixon, seeing Ahmed’s reticence, took her hand – and changed her life.
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At times, Cullinan revealed a witty self-awareness of her reticence.
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That may be caution over how tenuous the recovery may be, owners wanting to make up for past losses, or just a general reticence to raising payroll.
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Lawmakers hungry for answers and frustrated by the reticence of national security executives to provide them.
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First Known Use of reticence
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reticence Synonyms
Synonyms
disinclination, hesitance, hesitancy, reluctance, unwillingnessAntonyms
inclination, willingnessRelated Words
faltering, fence-sitting, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shallying, staggering, vacillation, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling); distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertaintyNear Antonyms
assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, suretyLearn More about reticence
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