reticence Synonyms

reserve taciturnity self-restraint self-consciousness secretiveness secrecy restraint laconisms reservation reluctance quietude quietness prudery privacy pauciloquy shyness silence iron curtains lack of pretension timorousness speechlessness iron curtain self-effacement hesitance confidentialness confidentiality uncommunicativeness remoteness reservedness timidity obmutescence muteness detachment demureness coyness covertness coolness control constraint concealment closeness clandestinity censorship bashfulness backwardness diffidence discretion distance modesty laconism