| tacit-, taci-, tace- (Latin: silent, silence; unspoken; quiet).reticence: Maintenance of silence; avoidance of saying too much or of speaking freely; disposition to say very little or nothing.
 reticent: Reserved; disinclined to speak freely; given to silence or concealment.
 tace: The Latin for "Be silent!" According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "tace is Latin for a candle, a humorously veiled hint to any one to keep silent about something."
 tacet: A musical instruction, or direction that the voice or instrument is to be silent for a time.
 tacenda: Things to be passed over in silence; matters not to be mentioned.
 tacit: 1. Unspoken, unvoiced; silent, emitting no sound; noiseless, wordless.  2. Not openly expressed or stated, but implied; understood, inferred. tacitly: 1.  Without speaking; silently; quietly.  2. Without stating or expressing anything; by implication. tacitness: The quality of being tacit; silence.
 taciturn: Characterized by silence or disinclination to conversation; reserved in speech; saying little; uncommunicative.
 taciturnist: One who practices habitual silence or reserve.
 taciturnity: Habitual silence or disinclination to conversation; reservedness in speech; a taciturn character or state.
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