reluctance
/rɪˈlʌkt(ə)ns
/noun [mass noun]
1Unwillingness or disinclination to do something: she sensed his reluctance to continue...
- This may be because of misconceptions among patients and reluctance among patients to use inhalers.
- She did so with reluctance certain that her urgent plea would go unanswered.
- If the findings are accurate, our reluctance to travel by airplane is abating.
Synonyms
unwillingness, disinclination, lack of enthusiasm;
hesitation, hesitance, hesitancy, diffidence, timidity, timorousness, trepidation, backwardness (in coming forward);
demurral, wavering, vacillation, foot-dragging, resistance;
doubts, second thoughts, scruples, qualms, pangs of conscience, misgivings
archaic disrelish
2 Physics The property of a magnetic circuit of opposing the passage of magnetic flux lines, equal to the ratio of the magnetomotive force to the magnetic flux.
