Reticence Synonyms

retəsəns
The keeping of one's thoughts and emotions to oneself
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. restraint
  2. control
  3. reserve
  4. self-control
  5. self-restraint
  6. taciturnity
  7. uncommunicativeness

Words Related to Reticence

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Reticence Sentence Examples

  • The queen was privately opposed to Gladstone's Home Rule policy; but she observed in public a constitutional reticence on the subject.

  • She paused, as if hesitating to confide, until her anger overcame her reticence.

  • She almost protested, but remembered this morning's reticence.

  • He has left us two detailed accounts of the proceedings of the council of St Basle; and, despite his reticence, it is impossible to doubt that he was the moving spirit in Arnulf's deposition.

  • Genuine psychics do need some give and take during the reading, but won't be put off by your reticence to reply.

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