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I've noticed lately people using "reticent" when they really mean "reluctant."
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Well that's just incorrect.

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I think it is, but the dictionary lists it as a synonym.
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I thought reticent meant unlikely to speak.  Or something like that.

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I've always though of reticent as:
unwilling/reluctant to speak.  

So it could be reluctant, but only with regards to talking.

Someone wouldn't be reticent to go to the beach.

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Standards of modesty (also called demureness or reticence) are aspects of the culture of a country or people, at a given point in time, and is a measure against which an individual in society may be judged.

I sort of like that definition better.  Although, pumping in the societal standards concept is a bit annoying.

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I've noticed lately people using "reticent" when they really mean "reluctant."

Just saw this used that way on another forum, and it occurred to me that people who spend a long time describing how they are reticent... aren't.

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