English-Thai Dictionary

reticence

N ความ เงียบ  การ สงวนท่าที  closeness hesitation shyness silence kwam-ngib

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETICENCE, RETICENCY

n.[L. reticentia, reticeo; re and tacco, to be silent. ] Concealment by silence. In rhetoric, aposiopesis or suppression; a figure by which a person really speaks of a thing, while he makes a show as if he would say nothing on the subject.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETICENCE

Ret "i *cence, n. Etym: [L. reticentia: cf. F. réticence.]

 

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.)

 

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

 

Oxford Dictionary

reticence

reti |cence |ˈrɛtɪs (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of being reticent; reserve: the traditional emotional reticence of the British.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reticence

reticence noun security concerns may explain Taylor's reticence: reserve, restraint, inhibition, diffidence, shyness; unresponsiveness, quietness, taciturnity, secretiveness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

reticence

reticence noun she overcame her usual reticence and talked about their married life: reserve, introversion, restraint, inhibition, diffidence, shyness, modesty, distance, undemonstrativeness; uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness, quietness, taciturnity, silence, secretiveness, secrecy. ANTONYMS expansiveness.

 

French Dictionary

réticence

réticence n. f. nom féminin 1 Omission d ’une chose qui devrait être dite. : Parler sans réticence. SYNONYME réserve . 2 par extension Réserve, hésitation. : Je prends cette décision, mais avec une certaine réticence. Note Technique L ’extension de sens donnée au nom est condamnée par plusieurs auteurs: cependant, le mot est de plus en plus usité en ce sens. Note Orthographique réti ce n c e.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reticence

ret i cence /rétəs (ə )ns /名詞 U C ｟かたく ｠無口, 沈黙 ; 控えめ, 遠慮 .