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reluctance
[ ri-luhk-tuhns ]
noun
- unwillingness; disinclination:
reluctance to speak in public.
- Electricity. the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit, determined by the permeability and arrangement of the materials of the circuit.
reluctance
/ rɪˈlʌktəns /
noun
- lack of eagerness or willingness; disinclination
- physics a measure of the resistance of a closed magnetic circuit to a magnetic flux, equal to the ratio of the magnetomotive force to the magnetic flux
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- prere·luctance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reluctance1
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Example Sentences
Bane said this is the real reason for SIGAR reluctance to let the Shadman case go.
For five weeks I forced myself to sit at my house table, figuring that my reluctance was a residue of my introversion.
Perhaps his reluctance stems from the fact that he has only tenuous connections to Hungary these days.
And that suggests these attacks were such that the victims were driven to overcome the usual reluctance to file a report.
Though I had some initial reluctance, I am resolved to offer it to patients who might benefit from it.
But it was with sullen reluctance; and mutterings were to be heard, on all sides, that the time would come yet.
Dread, together with a certain sense of moral reluctance, departed, and she began to enjoy the adventure at last.
The reluctance to welcome translations is really reluctance to welcome poems which do not find their way to the heart.
The other acknowledged the fact with some degree of reluctance, and explained, with many "buts" as an excuse in extenuation.
The fingers which touched Peter's arm brushed his hand, and were withdrawn as though with reluctance.
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