reluctance

Noun
Synonyms: hesitancyhesitationdisinclinationindisposition

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
  2. a certain degree of unwillingness“a reluctance to commit himself”“his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition”“after some hesitation he agreed”Synonyms: hesitancyhesitationdisinclinationindisposition
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\ (r?-l?k"tans), Reluctancy \Re*luc"tan*cy\ (-tan-s?), n. [See Reluctant.]

1.The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against. "Tempering the severity of his looks with a reluctance to the action." --Dryden.

Syn: Syn. See Dislike. [1913 Webster]

He had some reluctance to obey the summons.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.(Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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