réticent

Back-formation from réticence, or learned borrowing from Latin reticēns.

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.ti.sɑ̃/

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réticent (feminine réticente, masculine plural réticents, feminine plural réticentes)

1. reserved (not sharing or disclosing much, keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself)
2. reluctant (unwilling, offering resistance, not wanting to take some action)

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• “réticent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• citèrent, récitent, tiercent