reticences
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Definition of reticences
3 senses · 2 parts of speech
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of reticence
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noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of reticence
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(plural, plural-only)Things that have been left out of a piece of writing, etc.
“It required the blandishments and even the threats of the magistrate, to induce him to repeat his story; and then it came so involved and disfigured by innumerable reticenses and circumlocutions; he made such a sad jumble of it that no doubt remained in the magistrate's mind, and but little in the boy's own partisans', that the whole tale was an illgot-up fabrication, [...]”
“[T]he endeavour to cloak the gubernatorial derelictions of duty, [...] is defeated as much by the revelations of the publication under review, as by its reticenses.”
“A Spanish novel writer who cannot be accused of undue sex reticenses is Vicente Blasco Ibanez, [...]”
verb
- (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of reticence
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Words you can make from reticences
200+ playable · top: RECENCIES (13 pts)
Best play recencies 13 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
6 words7-letter words
29 words- CENTRIC 11 pts
- CRETICS 11 pts
- ECCRINE 11 pts
- SCIENCE 11 pts
- CENTERS 9 pts
- CENTRES 9 pts
- CERESIN 9 pts
- CERITES 9 pts
- CISTERN 9 pts
- CRETINS 9 pts
- ENTERIC 9 pts
- ENTICER 9 pts
- ENTICES 9 pts
- RECITES 9 pts
- SECRETE 9 pts
- SINCERE 9 pts
- TENRECS 9 pts
- TIERCES 9 pts
- EENSIER 7 pts
- EERIEST 7 pts
- ENTIRES 7 pts
- ENTREES 7 pts
- ENTRIES 7 pts
- ESERINE 7 pts
- RETENES 7 pts
- RETINES 7 pts
- TEENERS 7 pts
- TEENIER 7 pts
- TRIENES 7 pts
6-letter words
66 words- CERCIS 10 pts
- CRETIC 10 pts
- ECESIC 10 pts
- RECCES 10 pts
- SCENIC 10 pts
- CENSER 8 pts
- CENTER 8 pts
- CENTRE 8 pts
- CERISE 8 pts
- CERITE 8 pts
- CERTES 8 pts
- CITERS 8 pts
- CREESE 8 pts
- CRETIN 8 pts
- ENTICE 8 pts
- ERECTS 8 pts
- INCEST 8 pts
- INSECT 8 pts
- NICEST 8 pts
- NIECES 8 pts
- RECENT 8 pts
- RECITE 8 pts
- RECITS 8 pts
- RESECT 8 pts
- SCREEN 8 pts
- SECERN 8 pts
- SECRET 8 pts
- STERIC 8 pts
- TENREC 8 pts
- TERCES 8 pts
- TIERCE 8 pts
- TRICES 8 pts
- ENTERS 6 pts
- ENTIRE 6 pts
- ENTREE 6 pts
- ESTRIN 6 pts
- ETERNE 6 pts
- INERTS 6 pts
- INSERT 6 pts
- INTERS 6 pts
- NEREIS 6 pts
- NESTER 6 pts
- NITERS 6 pts
- NITRES 6 pts
- RENEST 6 pts
- RENTES 6 pts
- RESEEN 6 pts
- RESENT 6 pts
- RESITE 6 pts
- RETENE 6 pts
- RETIES 6 pts
- RETINE 6 pts
- SEINER 6 pts
- SEREIN 6 pts
- SERENE 6 pts
- SERINE 6 pts
- SINTER 6 pts
- STRINE 6 pts
- TEENER 6 pts
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- TENSER 6 pts
- TERNES 6 pts
- TREENS 6 pts
- TRIENE 6 pts
- TRIENS 6 pts
- TRINES 6 pts
5-letter words
79 words- CERCI 9 pts
- CERIC 9 pts
- CIRCS 9 pts
- RECCE 9 pts
- CENSE 7 pts
- CENTS 7 pts
- CERES 7 pts
- CERTS 7 pts
- CESTI 7 pts
- CETES 7 pts
- CINES 7 pts
- CIRES 7 pts
- CITER 7 pts
- CITES 7 pts
- CREST 7 pts
- CRIES 7 pts
- CRITS 7 pts
- ERECT 7 pts
- ETICS 7 pts
- NICER 7 pts
- NIECE 7 pts
- RECIT 7 pts
- RECTI 7 pts
- RICES 7 pts
- SCENE 7 pts
- SCENT 7 pts
- SCREE 7 pts
- SINCE 7 pts
- TERCE 7 pts
- TRICE 7 pts
- EERIE 5 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
- ERNES 5 pts
- ESTER 5 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NERTS 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
- REEST 5 pts
- REINS 5 pts
- RENTE 5 pts
- RENTS 5 pts
- RESEE 5 pts
- RESET 5 pts
- RESIN 5 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- RINSE 5 pts
- RISEN 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- SEINE 5 pts
- SENTE 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- SERIN 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
- SIREN 5 pts
- SNEER 5 pts
- STEER 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- STERE 5 pts
- STERN 5 pts
- TEENS 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TENSE 5 pts
- TERES 5 pts
- TERNE 5 pts
- TERNS 5 pts
- TERSE 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TREEN 5 pts
- TREES 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
- TRINE 5 pts
4-letter words
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