reluctance

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈlʌktəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Unwillingness or hesitation to do something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Defiance, disobedience.

Examples

  • He showed a great reluctance to help me.

  • I don't understand his reluctance to go.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Hesitancy in taking some action.

  2. Unwillingness to do something.

  3. That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

More examples

In context

  • We noticed his reluctance to testify.

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

  • 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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Origin

noun

From reluct + -ance. From Latin relū̆ctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”) + -ance, from re- (“back”) + luctor (“to struggle”).