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I don’t understand why “reticence” = « la réticence » and why “reticent” = « réticent(e) »

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The Collins definition would perfectly apply to the French réticent and réticence.

I wouldn’t blame the Cambridge dictionary then for the discrepancies but more the Dictionnaire de l’Académie who condemns the usual meaning and defends a forgotten one.

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