reticence
/ˈrɛtɪs(ə)ns
/noun [mass noun]
The quality of being reticent; reserve: the traditional emotional reticence of the British...
- That said, the compression and reticence of Italian high modernist poetry are still prominent stylistic features in Italian verse.
- The reticence of our style, chosen, we thought, as appropriate to the forum, requires each reader to substantiate our claims on their own.
- This really very scary Japanese ghost story from director Hideo Nakata exerts a chilling grip with its icy calm and eerie reticence.
Synonyms
reserve, introversion, restraint, inhibition, diffidence, shyness, modesty, distance, undemonstrativeness;
uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness, quietness, taciturnity, silence, secretiveness, secrecy