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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reticent  \Ret"i*cent\,  a.  [L.  reticens,  p.  pr  of  reticere  to 
  keep  silence;  re-  +  tacere  to  be  silent.  See  {Tacit}.] 
  Inclined  to  keep  silent;  reserved;  uncommunicative. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reticent 
  adj  1:  temperamentally  disinclined  to  talk  [syn:  {untalkative}] 
  2:  cool  and  formal  in  manner  [syn:  {reserved},  {restrained},  {unemotional}] 
  3:  reluctant  to  draw  attention  to  yourself  [syn:  {self-effacing}] 




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