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reticent adjective

  /ˈɹɛtɪsənt/
  • Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
 verschwiegen, still, zurückhaltend
  • (proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
 unwillig, zurückhaltend, zögerlich

reticence noun

  /-ɾə-/ , /ˈɹɛtəs(ə)ns/ , /ˈɹɛtɪs(ə)ns/
  • (uncountable, also, figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.
 Reserviertheit, Schweigsamkeit
  • (uncountable) A silent and reserved nature.
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