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reticent (adjective), more reticent, most reticent

1. Descriptive of someone who is restrained and reserved; given to silence or to say very little: Adam is a reticent refugee who doesn't want to discuss his past with other people in his new country.
2. Etymology: from Latin reticentia, "silence"; from reticere, "to keep quiet"; from re-, "again, once more" + tacere, "to be silent." Referring to being inclined to being uncommunicative.

Referring to being inclined to being uncommunicative.

Relating to being silent and not saying anything.

Pertaining to not explaining what is wrong.

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This entry is located in the following units: -ent (page 9) tacit-, taci-, tace- (page 1)

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