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noun, feminine

aposiopèse

/a.pɔ.zjɔ.pɛz/

noun, feminine/a.pɔ.zjɔ.pɛz/plural: aposiopèses

aposiopesis, reticence

Synonyms: réticence

Borrowed from Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiṓpēsis), from ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpáō, “to be silent”).