Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indisposition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indisposition \In*dis`po*si"tion\, n. [Cf. F. indisposition.]
1. The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the
indisposition of two substances to combine.
A general indisposition towards believing.
--Atterbury.
2. A slight disorder or illness.
Rather as an indisposition in health than as any set
sickness. --Hayward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indisposition
n 1: a slight illness
2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit
himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: {reluctance},
{hesitancy}, {hesitation}, {disinclination}]
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