Associations to the word «Reticence»

Wiktionary

RETICENCE, noun. Tight-lippedness, discretion, avoidance of saying too much
RETICENCE, noun. A silent and reserved nature

Dictionary definition

RETICENCE, noun. The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King