reticence

Its home country, Germany, is shedding its postwar reticence on military spending to lead the charge.

This reticence kept Shepard from being a great actor instead of a trusted one.

But the biographer also makes clear that Roth cultivated reticence with the same zeal with which he flaunted candor.

When he returns 16 years later, Redford puts the lines on his face and his trademark reticence to good use, tapping into our collective need for heroes and a belief in second chances.

Lois’ reticence about him mirrors our own vacillation with the DC Universe’s new direction: We need to see something more from this guy before we commit.