réticence
See also: reticence
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin reticentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.ti.sɑ̃s/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ré‧tic‧ence
Noun
réticence f (plural réticences)
- tight-lippedness, reticence
- (by extension) reluctance, misgivings
Further reading
- “réticence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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