Reticence vs Abstinence - What's the difference?
reticence | abstinence |
tight-lippedness, discretion, avoidance of saying too much
a silent and reserved nature
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
# Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
# Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
# (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
(obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
(business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
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As nouns the difference between reticence and abstinence
is that reticence is reticence while abstinence is the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite .reticence
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Quotations
* 1890 , Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray : *:Basil's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences , — he understood them all now, and he felt sorry. * 1897 , Bram Stoker, Dracula : *: You must not be angry with him, Art, because his very reticence means that all his brains are working for her good.(attention)Synonyms
* reserve, secrecy, taciturnity * bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, quietness, reservation, shyness, timidityAntonyms
* openness, talkativeness * loquaciousness, ostentationabstinence
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(wikipedia abstinence)Alternative forms
* abstinencyNoun
(-)- Penance, fasts, and abstinence , / To punish bodies for the soul's offense. -
- The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. —
- Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. —