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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reluctance  \Re*luc"tance\  (r?-l?k"tans),  Reluctancy 
  \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:  Syn.  See  {Dislike}. 

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