What does reluctance mean?
Reluctance means Unwillingness to do something..
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/ɹɪˈlʌktəns/ · noun
Unwillingness to do something..
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.
Use reluctance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reluctance means Unwillingness to do something..
Common synonyms include hesitation, disinclination, indisposition, hesitancy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors.
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