réticence — meaning in English
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English meaning
- reluctance noun Unwillingness or hesitation to do something.
Senses
réticence is used for these senses in English:
- aposiopesis (rhetoric) An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—).
- reluctance Unwillingness to do something.
- reticence (uncountable, also, figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.