reticent

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reticent

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Borrowed from French réticent.

adjective reticentă · reticenți · reticente · reticent

  1. masculine, neuter reluctant

In English

  • reluctant not wanting to take some action
  • loath averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling — see also averse, reluctant

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"reticent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/reticent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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reticent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/reticent

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"reticent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/reticent.

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@misc{reticent_2026,
  title = {reticent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/reticent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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