Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.
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Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
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Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.
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Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.
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To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
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The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncomm…
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