réticence
Meanings
Noun
1. tight-lippedness, reticence
2. aposiopesis (rhetoric)
3. reluctance, misgivings (by extension)
Examples3
Je peux comprendre votre réticence.
I can understand your reluctance.
Tom ne comprenait pas la réticence de Mary à sortir avec son frère.
Tom doesn't understand Mary's reluctance to go out with his brother.
Je ne comprends pas sa réticence à y aller.
I don't understand his reluctance to go.