reticence

reticence is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.
3. noun. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

   Synonyms: reserve, taciturnity

Synonyms

reserve, taciturnity

Common word forms

reticences

Words from these letters

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