reticence

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (also, figuratively, uncountable) 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. (proscribed, uncountable) Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something).
5. (countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable) Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”).

Verb

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.

Concepten

abstinentie

gereserveerdheid

terughoudendheid

Tegenovergesteld aan

ostentation, curtness, reticence, taciturnity

Synoniemen

silence

taciturnity

reserve

restraint

uncommunicativeness

reserved character

reservedness

reservation

passing over in silence

shyness

coyness

demureness

discretion

hesitation

modesty

preterition

quiet

quietness

reluctance

secrecy

secretiveness

self-restraint

silentness

teetotalism

temperance

timidity

self-effacement

abstention

teetotaling

abstentions

abstinence

aloofness

chastity

closeness

confidence

constraint

continence

continency

Vertalingen

Schweigsamkeit

réticence

reticenza

Verschwiegenheit

riserbo

susma

reserva

σιωπηλότητα

Zurückhaltung

εχεμύθεια

Wortkargheit

réserve

Reserviertheit

Keuschheit

قِلّة كلام

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɹɛtɪs(ə)ns/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Frans: réticence

Verwant aan Italiaans: reticenza

Verwant aan Portugees: reticência

Verwant aan Spaans: reticencia

In summary

The noun is borrowed from Middle French réticence (“act of keeping silent, silence; reserve; aposiopesis”) (modern French réticence (“tight-lippedness, reticence”)), or derived from its etymon Latin reticentia (“act of keeping silent, silence; aposiopesis”), from reticēns (“keeping silent, reticent, silent; keeping secret, concealing”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Reticēns is the present active participle of reticeō (“to keep silent; to keep secret, conceal”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + taceō (“to be silent, keep quiet”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-). The English word is cognate with Italian reticenza (“reticence”), Portuguese reticência, Spanish reticencia (“reticence; reluctance”).
The verb is derived from the noun.