RELUCTANCE

reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition

(noun) a certain degree of unwillingness; “a reluctance to commit himself”; “his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition”; “after some hesitation he agreed”

reluctance

(noun) (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

reluctance (countable and uncountable, plural reluctances)

Unwillingness to do something.

Hesitancy in taking some action.

(physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

Source: Wiktionary

Re*luc"tance, Re*luc"tan*cy, n. Etym: [See Reluctant.]

Definition: 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. He had some reluctance to obey the summons. Sir W. Scott. Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die. Dryden.

Syn. See Dislike.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition