Noun
- 1. reluctance, electrical phenomenon
- usage: (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- 2. reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition, unwillingness, involuntariness
- usage: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
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