'Reluctancy' definitions:

Definition of 'Reluctancy'

From: GCIDE
  • Reluctance \Re*luc"tance\ (r?-l?k"tans), Reluctancy \Re*luc"tan*cy\ (-tan-s?), n. [See Reluctant.]
  • 1. 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.
  • Syn: Syn. See Dislike. [1913 Webster]
  • He had some reluctance to obey the summons. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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