Definitions
the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
Used in a sentence
“[Y]ou paſſe ouer their teſtimonies, & his whole diſcourſe out of them, with a fraudulent reticence of the particulars, and thinke to be euen with them, making vp by ſcoffing, what you cannot by arguing, [...]”
“The painter's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences—he understood them all now, and he felt sorry.”
“The greatest egotist has his reticenses. It is only during the sessions of sweet silent thought that a man can summon his soul to judgment.”
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01“Quiet reserve”9 letters
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