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Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.

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  1. n. Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
  2. n. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
  3. Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.
  4. Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in thecompany of strangers. V. Knox.The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense.Macaulay.
  5. n:100 n the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary