Reluctance

n.	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. 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.
	2.	(Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.

Noun	1.	reluctance - (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
	2.	reluctance - a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition

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