reticences
Reluctances to speak
Reticences is the plural of reticence—instances of reserve or reluctance to speak freely.
Where reticence describes a general disposition toward silence, reticences points to specific moments or areas of withholding: His reticences about his childhood suggested painful memories.
The plural often implies that someone is forthcoming in some areas but guarded in others.
Sums deducted from wages
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
- taciturnityDisinclined to speak
- quietnessLack of sound
- unspokenNot verbally expressed
guarded · uncommunicative · tight-lipped · closemouthed · secretiveness · muteness · wordlessness · restraint
Careful judgment in speech
- tactSensitivity in speech
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
measured · calculated · strategic silence · political · coded · implicit · understated · careful
Fearful lack of courage
- bashfulnessTimid self-consciousness
- diffidenceModest self-distrust
- introversionInward-directed temperament
- modestyAbsence of vanity
self-effacement · hesitancy · withdrawn · demureness · meekness · coyness · inhibition · social anxiety
withholdings
Sums deducted from wages
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
- taciturnityDisinclined to speak
- quietnessLack of sound
unspoken · guarded · uncommunicative · tight-lipped · closemouthed · secretiveness · muteness · wordlessness · restraint · discretion
discretion
Careful judgment in speech
circumspection · measured · calculated · strategic silence · political · coded · implicit · understated · careful · deliberate
timidity
Fearful lack of courage
- bashfulnessTimid self-consciousness
- diffidenceModest self-distrust
- introversionInward-directed temperament
modesty · self-effacement · hesitancy · withdrawn · demureness · meekness · coyness · inhibition · social anxiety · awkwardness
reticencescandor
Unguarded truthfulness
openness · forthrightness · frankness · outspokenness · disclosure
reticenceseffusiveness
Unrestrained emotional expression
expansiveness · demonstrativeness · expressiveness · exuberance · gushing
reticencesboldness
Fearless readiness to act
forwardness · assertiveness · confidence · gregariousness · sociability