Dictionary 1. (n.) Restraint; inhibition; refraining to speak that which is desired\; uncommunicativeness.2. (n.) 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. Thesaurus aloofness backwardness bashfulness blankness chilliness coldness constraint coolness detachment discreetness discretion distance expressionlessness frigidity frostiness guardedness iciness impassiveness impassivity impersonality inaccessibility introversion modesty remoteness repression reserve reservedness restraint reticency retirement standoffishness subduedness suppression unaffability unapproachability uncongeniality undemonstrativeness unexpansiveness withdrawal withdrawnness |