Thesaurus: reluctance
Alt. of Reluctancy
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Definitions
- n. Alt. of Reluctancy
- n. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- n. a certain degree of unwillingness
- 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.
- n:100 n. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance) n. a certain degree of unwillingness