Category:Reluctance

Re*luc"tance, re*luc"tan*cy, n. Etym: [see reluctant.]

Defn: 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.