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ret·i·cence
/ˈrɛtəsən(t)s/
無言,沈默,謹慎
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ret·i·cence
n.
1.
The
quality
or
state
of
being
reticent
,
or
keeping
silence
;
the
state
of
holding
one's
tonque
;
refraining
to
speak
of
that
which
is
suggested
;
uncommunicativeness
.
Such
fine
reserve
and
noble
reticence
.
--
Tennyson
.
2.
Rhet.
A
figure
by
which
a
person
really
speaks
of
a
thing
while
he
makes
a
show
as
if
he
would
say
nothingon
the
subject
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
reticence
n
:
the
trait
of
being
uncommunicative
;
not
volunteering
anything
more
than
necessary
[
syn
:
reserve
,
taciturnity
]
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