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adjective

réticent

/ʁe.ti.sɑ̃/

adjective/ʁe.ti.sɑ̃/

reserved (not sharing or disclosing much, keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself); reluctant (unwilling, offering resistance, not wanting to take some action)

Back-formation from réticence, or learned borrowing from Latin reticēns.