reticent

Etymology
, present participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
 * 2)  Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
 * 1)  Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
 * 1)  Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
 * 1)  Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
 * 1)  Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
 * 1)  Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).
 * 1)  Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).

Usage notes

 * The second sense of reticent has developed in the years since the end of the Second World War and is still not universally accepted as correct usage. However, of the major English-language dictionaries, Merriam-Webster does recognize the newer sense.

Synonyms

 * (sense 1), , (See also Thesaurus:taciturn)
 * (sense 2) ,

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, резеревиран
 * Catalan: reticent
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: tilbageholdende
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: reticente
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: reticentia
 * Macedonian: во́здржан
 * Maori: whakakumu, ngākau tōngā, hūnguengue, tikumu, memeke
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: stillfaren, tilbakeholden
 * Occitan: reticent
 * Plautdietsch: blank
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ćutljiv,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Macedonian: ко́леблив
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tilbakeholden, reservert,

Etymology
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Etymology
From.

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) reluctant