Rĕt′i-cence, n.

n. [Fr. réticence, Sp. reticencia, It. reticenza, Lat. reticentia. See infra.]

1. The state of being reticent, or observing continued silence; the refraining to speak of that which is suggested. “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 nothing on the subject.