n. [ L. reticentia: cf. F. réticence. ] 1. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such fine reserve and noble reticence. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Rhet.) A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject. [ 1913 Webster ]