RELUCTANCIES

Noun

reluctancies

plural of reluctancy

Anagrams

• tralucencies

Source: Wiktionary


RELUCTANCY

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



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