Reluctance

Definitions

1. Unwillingness to do something.
   countable, uncountable
2. Hesitancy in taking some action.
   countable, uncountable
3. Defiance, disobedience.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
4. That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors.”

“No more be mention’d then of violence / Against our selves, and wilful barrenness, / That cuts us off fom hope⟳, and favours onely / Rancor and pride, impatience and despite, / Reluctance against God and his just yoke / Laid on our Necks.”

“That is to say⟳, the total number⟳ of ampere-hours, including the drop of gilbertage, due to magnetic flux traversing the reluctance of the circuit, must be equal to zero.”

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