reluctance
noun
unwillingness; disinclination.
reluctancy
-
a variation of
reluctance.
Example Sentences
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“There seems to have been some reluctancy in a lot of citizens to be vaccinated,” the Pasco mayor said in that story.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
Hiding his reluctancy, Cooper left his seat and advanced toward the doorway.
From The Substitute Prisoner by Max Marcin
Fox will be Chancellor of the Exchequer, notwithstanding any reluctancy to yield to it in the Ministers; George Grenville may be offered Secretary at War; I am sure he ought to be so.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
Often, as the long vacation of her third year at Caen approached, she caught herself musing on the probability of her recall to England with a reluctancy full of doubts and fears.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
He went through these more sublime studies with extraordinary success, and proceeded doctor of divinity with uncommon applause, though his modesty gave him a reluctancy in that honor.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
