Ret"i*cence (?), 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.
Such fine reserve and noble
reticence.
Tennyson.
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.
Ret"i*cence (?), 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.
Such fine reserve and noble
reticence.
Tennyson.
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.
