taciturnity

Etymology

taciturn + -ity, from Latin taciturnitas.

noun

  1. The trait of being taciturn.
    Humphries broke out more freely into speech than he had done before, for his usual characteristic was that of taciturnity. 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter VI, page 69
    Once he is back on the bench, will Justice Thomas revert to his usual taciturnity? May 3 2021, Adam Liptak, “Justice Clarence Thomas, Long Silent, Has Turned Talkative”, in The New York Times
  2. (law, Scotland) Failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies that it is being given up.

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