Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Reluctancy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\ (r?-l?k"tans), Reluctancy
\Re*luc"tan*cy\ (-tan-s?), n. [See {Reluctant}.]
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: Syn. See {Dislike}.


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