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noun
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unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
2.
Electricity. the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit, determined by the permeability and arrangement of the materials of the circuit.
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Reluctance
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Bad practice plays some part-notably a reluctance to breastfeed babies.
- It took a month for the authorities to overcome their reluctance to call for outside help.
- No one can claim that, and to do so shows disregard for the true spirit of science and reluctance to budge from the status quo.
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Word Origin & History
reluctance
1640s, "act of struggling against," from obsolete verb reluct "to struggle or rebel against" (1520s), from L. reluctari "to struggle against," from re- "against" + luctari "to struggle." Meaning "unwillingness" is first attested 1660s.
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