RELUCTANCE

reluctance|reluctancy. Reluctance, or Reluctancy, n. unwillingness

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{ Re‐luc″tance (r?–l?k″tans), Re‐luc″tan‐cy (–tan–s?), } n. [[See Reluctant.]] 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. He had some reluctance to obey the summons. Sir W. Scott. Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die. Dryden. Syn. See Dislike.