reticence

As Fernandez tries to remember the events of that bright and sunny morning 83 years ago, the details are fragmented by the passage of time, the reticence of trauma.

Watching from a perch in the surveillance age, her reticence is understandable.

Such reticence might be exacerbated by the existence of the so-called warrior board.

Lacey’s perceived reticence to prosecute police became a major hurdle to her bid for a third term.

They came to that conclusion after weighing the entire chain of events, from Miller’s underlying health conditions, to her decision to manage her abortion alone, to her reticence to seek medical care.