réticence
See also: reticence
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin reticentia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editréticence f (plural réticences)
- tight-lippedness, reticence
- (rhetoric) aposiopesis
- Synonym: aposiopèse
- (by extension) reluctance, misgivings
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “réticence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.