"reticence : (uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much;..."

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reticence : (uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.
(uncountable) A silent and reserved nature.
(uncountable) Followed by of: discretion or restraint in the use of something.
(uncountable) Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something).
(countable, uncountable, rhetoric, obsolete) Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”)
reticence v

(transitive, rare) To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reticence#English

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