Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Unwillingness to do something.

    Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors.

    Widerstreben, Widerwillen, Widerwille

    неохо́таneoxóta, нежела́ниеneželánije

    a certain degree of unwillingness

  2. (countable, uncountable)Hesitancy in taking some action.

    Zögern, Zaudern, Zögerlichkeit

  3. (countable, uncountable)That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

    (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Defiance, disobedience.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I don't understand his reluctance to go.

    Я не розумію, чому він не хоче йти. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ не понимаю его нежелания идти. — soweli_Elepanto

    deIch verstehe nicht, warum er sich sträubt zu gehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I don't understand your reluctance to do that.

  3. I can understand your reluctance.

    deIch kann deinen Widerwillen verstehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I don't understand Tom's reluctance to do that.

  5. Tom doesn't understand Mary's reluctance to go out with his brother.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
unwillingness to do something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
unwillingness to do something:
hesitancy in taking some action:

Forms

plural: reluctances
Singularreluctance
Pluralreluctances

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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