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Reticence

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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Reticence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/reticence.html. 1828.
 
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