We noticed his reluctance to testify.
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Reluctance
//ɹɪˈlʌktəns//
Synonyms for "reluctance" (115 found)
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Strong matches (35)
Related words (57)
mutinousnessnegativismnolitionnoncooperationobjectionobstinacyohmohmageoppositionpassive resistanceperfunctorinesspokinessprotestqualmreactancereactionrebuffrecalcitrancerecalcitrancyrecalcitration
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refractorinessrefusalreluctivityremonstrancerenitencerenitencyrepellencerepellencyrepugnancerepulserepulsionreservationresistancerevoltscrupleskin effectslacknessslothslownesssluggardysluggishnessspecific reluctancestandstubbornnesssulksulkinesssulkssullennesssurface resistancetentativenessuncooperativenessunenthusiasmunwillingnessvolume resistancewithstanding
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64 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- магнитно съпротивление noun (magnetic resistance)
- нежелание noun (unwillingness to do something)
- неохота noun (unwillingness to do something)
Catalan
1 entries- reluctància noun (magnetic resistance)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 勉强 noun (unwillingness to do something)
- 犹豫 noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
- 磁阻 noun (magnetic resistance)
Czech
1 entries- váhavost noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
Danish
1 entries- utilbøjelighed noun (unwillingness to do something)
Dutch
3 entries- magnetische weerstand noun (magnetic resistance)
- tegenzin noun (unwillingness to do something)
- tegenzin noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
Esperanto
2 entries- malvolo noun (unwillingness to do something)
- sindetenemo noun (unwillingness to do something)
Estonian
1 entries- vastumeelsus noun (unwillingness to do something)
Finnish
4 entries- haluttomuus noun (unwillingness to do something)
- haluttomuus noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
- reluktanssi noun (magnetic resistance)
- vastahakoisuus noun (unwillingness to do something)
French
2 entries- réluctance noun (magnetic resistance)
- réticence noun (unwillingness to do something)
German
4 entries- Widerstreben noun (unwillingness to do something)
- Widerwille noun (unwillingness to do something)
- Widerwillen noun (unwillingness to do something)
- Zaudern noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
Greek
1 entries- επιφυλακτικότητα noun (unwillingness to do something)
Irish
4 entries- drogall noun (unwillingness to do something)
- leisce noun (unwillingness to do something)
- leisce noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
- mífhonn noun (unwillingness to do something)
Italian
1 entries- riluttanza noun (unwillingness to do something)
Māori
2 entries- horokukū noun (unwillingness to do something)
- koroukore noun (unwillingness to do something)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- motvilje noun (unwillingness to do something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- motvilje noun (unwillingness to do something)
Polish
4 entries- niechęć noun (unwillingness to do something)
- opór magnetyczny noun (magnetic resistance)
- reluktancja noun (magnetic resistance)
- rezystencja magnetyczna noun (magnetic resistance)
Portuguese
4 entries- hesitação noun (unwillingness to do something)
- hesitação noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
- relutância noun (unwillingness to do something)
- relutância noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
Romanian
4 entries- codire noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
- ezitare noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
- reluctanță noun (magnetic resistance)
- repulsie noun (unwillingness to do something)
Russian
2 entries- нежела́ние noun (unwillingness to do something)
- неохо́та noun (unwillingness to do something)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nevoljkost noun (unwillingness to do something)
- oklijevanje noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
Spanish
4 entries- hesitación noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
- reaciedad noun (unwillingness to do something)
- reluctancia noun (unwillingness to do something)
- reluctancia noun (magnetic resistance)
Tamil
2 entries- தயக்கம் noun (unwillingness to do something)
- தயக்கம் noun (hesitancy in taking some action)
Turkish
1 entries- isteksizlik noun (unwillingness to do something)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Japanese students seem not merely to be extremely reserved, but to have at times almost a complete reluctance to speak.
Source: tatoeba (281782)
I don't understand his reluctance to go.
Source: tatoeba (282914)
He feels no reluctance in acknowledging errors.
Source: tatoeba (296215)
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