Reserve
Reserve noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.
Secretiveness is a synonym for reserve in shyness topic. In some cases you can use "Secretiveness" instead a noun "Reserve", when it comes to topics like uncommunicativeness, coolness of manner.
Secretiveness
Secretiveness noun - The practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret.
Usage example: his secretiveness about his past always made some people suspicious of what he might be hiding
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reservation and reserve
- reservation and secretiveness
- hold and reserve
- hold and secretiveness
- control and reserve
- control and secretiveness
- formality and reserve
- formality and secretiveness
- limitation and reserve
- limitation and secretiveness
- restraint and reserve
- restraint and secretiveness
- aloofness and reserve
- aloofness and secretiveness
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