Tac`i·tur'ni·ty noun [ Latin taciturnitas : confer French taciturnité .] Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. « The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers.» V. Knox. « The taciturnity and the sh... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/3
taciturnity Habitual silence or disinclination to conversation; reservedness in speech; a taciturn character or state. More silence-content words at these links: mute and silen-. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2079/2