Meaning & use
Reluctance
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Unwillingness or hesitation to do something.
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He agreed to help, though with obvious reluctance.
Her reluctance to speak in public stemmed from a childhood stutter.
A note on using this word
In physics, "reluctance" also names a property of magnetic circuits, describing their resistance to magnetic flux.
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eagernesswillingness
Another way to use it
2. noun
A property of a magnetic circuit that opposes the establishment of magnetic flux.
Engineers reduced the core's reluctance to make the transformer more efficient.
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