taciturnity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
    reticence; reserve.

WordNet

Tac`i*tur"ni*ty noun
Etymology
L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnité.
Definitions
  1. Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
    The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox.
    The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.

Webster 1913