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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
taciturnity \tac`itur"nity\, n. l. taciturnitas: cf. f.
   taciturnit'e.
   habitual silence, or reserve in speaking.
   1913 webster

         the cause of addison's taciturnity was a natural
         diffidence in the company of strangers.  --v. knox.
   1913 webster

         the taciturnity and the short answers which gave so
         much offense.                            --macaulay.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
taciturnity
     n : the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering
         anything more than necessary syn: reserve, reticence
see also:
reserve reticence 

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