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Webster 1913 Edition
Reluctancy
1.
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 by against.
“Tempering the severity of his looks with a reluctance to the action.” Dryden.
Syn. See
Dislike
. He had some
reluctance
to obey the summons. Sir W. Scott.
Bear witness, Heaven, with what
Her helpless innocence I doom to die.
reluctancy
Her helpless innocence I doom to die.
Dryden.