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Reluctance

//ɹɪˈlʌktəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Unwillingness to do something. countable, uncountable

    "Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors."

  2. 2
    a certain degree of unwillingness wordnet
  3. 3
    Hesitancy in taking some action. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance) wordnet
  5. 5
    Defiance, disobedience. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "No more be mention’d then of violence / Against our selves, and wilful barrenness, / That cuts us off fom hope, and favours onely / Rancor and pride, impatience and despite, / Reluctance against God and his just yoke / Laid on our Necks."

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  1. 6
    That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit. countable, uncountable

    "That is to say, the total number of ampere-hours, including the drop of gilbertage, due to magnetic flux traversing the reluctance of the circuit, must be equal to zero."

Etymology

From reluct + -ance.

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