Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state of being reluctant; unwillingness.
- n. Physics A measure of the opposition to magnetic flux, analogous to electric resistance.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being reluctant; aversion; repugnance; unwillingness: often followed by to, sometimes by against.
- n. Synonyms Hatred, Dislike (see antipathy), backwardness, disinclination. See list under aversion.
- n. In electricity, the resistance to magnetic flux: the reciprocal of permeance. The unit of reluctance is the oersted, which is the reluctance of a magnetic circuit in which a unit of magnetomotive force will produce unit flux.
Wiktionary
- n. Unwillingness to do something.
- n. Hesitancy in taking some action.
- n. physics That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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 byagainst . - n. (Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a certain degree of unwillingness
- n. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
Examples
“A year ago Levin was critical of what he called the reluctance of the Obama administration to take on Wall Street, saying: "Some of the people around the president needed to be given a push.”
“Gail, 44, sounds as frustrated with Paul's failure to build his business as she is with what she describes as his reluctance to run the house.”
“The main reason for this reluctance is the threat of litigation for defamation.”
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“Singh also charged Pakistan with "whipping up war hysteria," and criticized what he called their reluctance to crack down on militants operating on their territory.”
“Usually this kind of reluctance is a sign of having screwed up, but if I have I don't know what the hell to * fix*.”
“This reluctance is blasted away by electronic reading.”
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“I think you get more reluctance from the labels than you do anything else.”
“In such a climate, there is a built-in reluctance to really push English.”
“Q: How much reluctance is due to cable industry not noticing revenue online?”
“I felt a certain reluctance to perhaps appear to endorse his views by buying and reading the book.”
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