Definitions from Wiktionary (reticence)

▸ noun:  (uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) A silent and reserved nature.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Followed by of: discretion or restraint in the use of something.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, proscribed) Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something).
▸ noun:  (countable, uncountable, rhetoric, obsolete) Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”)
▸ verb:  (transitive, rare) To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.

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