as in reluctance
a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something
the publisher's reticence to make content available online for free
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Recent Examples of reticence
Siegel indicates that the trio all hope to have Kuminga back, suggesting that the Warriors team's apparent reticence for a reunion is not shared by its most important players.
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Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Governor does not comment on hypotheticals, spokesman says DeWine's reticence on the guard question came a little more than a half hour into a press conference called to announce a new agreement for the state patrol to assist crime-fighting in Cincinnati.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
As a result, no one can be blamed for approaching this latest entry in the multibillion-dollar franchise with reticence.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But the reticence evolved after that rule change and as the industry broadened its shareholder base.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
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Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Governor does not comment on hypotheticals, spokesman says DeWine's reticence on the guard question came a little more than a half hour into a press conference called to announce a new agreement for the state patrol to assist crime-fighting in Cincinnati.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
As a result, no one can be blamed for approaching this latest entry in the multibillion-dollar franchise with reticence.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But the reticence evolved after that rule change and as the industry broadened its shareholder base.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reticence
reluctance
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Sometimes the case for war’s inevitability is couched in expressions of rue and reluctance.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Davis is one prong of the right wing push to overturn Obergefell, and is currently asking the Supreme Court to revisit that decision, though Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett have seemingly expressed some reluctance to do so.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Reticence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reticence. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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