Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/July 23

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Word of the day
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reticence n
  1. (uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.
  2. (uncountable) A silent and reserved nature.
  3. (uncountable) Followed by of: discretion or restraint in the use of something.
  4. (uncountable) Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something).
  5. (countable, uncountable, rhetoric, obsolete) Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”)

reticence v

  1. (transitive, rare) To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.
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