The meaning of RELUCTANCE is the quality or state of being reluctant.

Extreme reluctance to initiate or accept comfort and affection, even from familiar adults, especially when distressed. My reluctance to combine all of our accounts stemmed, in part, from my …

RELUCTANCE definition: unwillingness; disinclination. See examples of reluctance used in a sentence.

Definition of reluctance noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. the feeling of being unwilling to do something and hesitating before you do it, because you do not want to do it or …

1. the state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness; disinclination. 2. the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © …

re•luc•tance (ri luk′ təns), n. disinclination: reluctance to speak in public. Electricity the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit, determined by the permeability and …

Dec 11, 2025 · Noun [edit] reluctance (countable and uncountable, plural reluctances) Unwillingness to do something.

There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun reluctance, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Reluctance means "unwillingness." Your reluctance to travel on an airplane would be understandable if you glimpsed the pilot and copilot wearing party hats and blowing …

The reluctance of a magnetic material is its ability to oppose the flow of magnetic flux. The magnetic flux created by the field windings follows the path of least magnetic reluctance.