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taciturnity

The English word “taciturnity” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The trait of being taciturn.
  2. Failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies that it is being given up.

Etymology

From Middle English taciturnite, or alternatively from taciturn + -ity; both ultimately from Latin taciturnitās.

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