reticence

Watching from a perch in the surveillance age, her reticence is understandable.

Such reticence might be exacerbated by the existence of the so-called warrior board.

Lacey’s perceived reticence to prosecute police became a major hurdle to her bid for a third term.

But liberals’ reticence to invest their hopes and dreams in Allred’s bid is mostly out of a sense that they’ve seen this movie before.

They came to that conclusion after weighing the entire chain of events, from Miller’s underlying health conditions, to her decision to manage her abortion alone, to her reticence to seek medical care.