{ Re‐luc″tance (r?–l?k″tans), 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. See Dislike.