» reticence
Noun (1 meaning)
1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.
reticence is a type of:
- uncommunicativeness (noun) - the trait of being uncommunicative
reticence is derivationally related to:
- reticent, untalkative (adjective) - temperamentally disinclined to talk
- taciturn (adjective) - habitually reserved and uncommunicative