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Word entry · 9 letters

reticence

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"Quiet reserve"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛtɪs(ə)ns/Part of speech nounSorted cceeeinrtStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2E3T4I5C6E7N8C9E

Definitions

  1. 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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