Synonyms for reluctance
rɪˈlʌk tənsre·luc·tance

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1. reluctance

   Synonyms:
   aversion, repugnance, unwillingness, dislike, regret, misgiving

   Antonyms:
   desire, readiness, willingness, promptitude, alacrity, welcome, forwardness, eagerness

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1. reluctancenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, disinclination

2. reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indispositionnoun

   a certain degree of unwillingness

   "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"

   Synonyms:
   disinclination, hesitance, hesitation, falter, wavering, indisposition, faltering, vacillation, waver, hesitancy

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1. • Electrical Phenomenon
   • Physics
   • Unwillingness

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1. reluctancenoun

   Synonyms:
   repugnance, unwillingness, aversion, dislike, disinclination, grudging

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1. reluctancenoun

   Synonyms:
   unwillingness, disinclination, aversion

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1. List of paraphrases for "reluctance":

   unwillingness, reticence, hesitation, hesitancy, resistance, refrainment, refusal, aversion

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1. The US diplomat:

   I think many countries' faith in the US as a reliable partner have been shaken by the damage President Donald Trump has done, not just to The US diplomat democracy and institutions, but to multilateral institutions as well, president Donald Trump still has two months in which President Donald Trump can inflict damage( even if temporary). And the reluctance to admit defeat and start a peaceful transfer of power is being noted with dismay by democratic allies and with barely concealed glee by countries like Russia, China, and Turkey.

2. Douglas Van Daele:

   Part of their reluctance was in allowing patients to view their records, diagnostics and medical information that they may not initially know how to decipher, another was in giving patients the ability to contact their doctors directly.

3. Christopher Krebs:

   We are the advocate within the government for the researcher community, the private sector, kind of team internet, there are still clearly... some that still have reluctance to engage with the government.

4. Anand Menon:

   If there is no-deal then there is a real danger of both sides spiraling downwards and blaming one another, possibly ending in a nasty standoff, we saw during the early days of the pandemic the UK's reluctance to work with the EU in key areas. How bad could that get if talks end in October, then the virus surges in November?

5. Mohammed Saneem:

   A lot of misinformation gets spread around and the problem with the content publishers is the reluctance to deal with it, they do owe a duty of care.