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reticence

[ret-uh-suhns] / ˈrɛt ə səns /
NOUN
silence
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Reticence, and the unwillingness to acknowledge reticence, stunts “Growing,” but I think that I understand Schumer’s detachment.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2019

Reticence also greeted the popular rock singer-songwriter Kazuyoshi Saito when, stirred by the crisis, he reworked his April 2010 single “I Always Loved You,” with new lyrics and renamed it “It Was Always a Lie.”

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2011

Reticence over their display pushed editors into lengthy discussions over whether, where, and how to display the images.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2011

Reticence and reluctance to engage are no longer options, in his estimation.

From Washington Post

Reticence as to the secret things of my own personal experience is never to be extended so as to include silence as to the fact of my Christian profession.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander




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