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'Reticence' describes an unwillingness to communicate or discuss.
Feinstein Explains Her Reticence* About Panetta Nomination 2009
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"Reticence" means reluctance to speak up or come forward; silence; reserve.
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That coarsening's history was written some years ago by Rochelle Gurstein in "The Repeal of Reticence."
The Fast and the Spurious Daniel Henninger 2011
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Václav Havel, from his 1985 essay "An Anatomy of Reticence":
Notable & Quotable 2011
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No, there is no entry on Reticence in An A-Z of ELT.
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No, there is no entry on Reticence in An A-Z of ELT.
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Reticence was part of your charm, I assured myself throughout the weeks, a month of nothing but a nod, our bodies awkwardly mashed in the elevator from the morning crunch, mere circumstance, your finger already fussing with the collar of your button-down.
Spring 2010
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Reticence is culturally valued here, and not just for women.
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Currently, she is working on a book to be entitled Réticence, répugnance et haine: la représentation antisémite du Juif (Reticence, Repugnance and Hatred: The Antisemitic Representation of the Jew).
Charlotte Wardi. 2009
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News at Eleven: Reticence and a lack of presumption are natural partners, and can work well together, as at the close of "A Goodnight Kiss", where "kiss-kiss is the sound of her black sandals/making peace with the earth then taking leave of it".
Archive 2009-05-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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