Associations to the word «Reticence»

Wiktionary

RETICENCE, noun. Tight-lippedness, discretion, avoidance of saying too much
RETICENCE, noun. A silent and reserved nature

Dictionary definition

RETICENCE, noun. The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky