Definitions for reluctance

reluctance re·luc·tance

Spelling: [ri-luhk-tuh ns]
IPA: /rɪˈlʌk təns/

Reluctance is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 549 anagrams from letters in reluctance (acceelnrtu).

Definitions for reluctance

noun

  1. unwillingness; disinclination:
  2. Electricity. the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit, determined by the permeability and arrangement of the materials of the circuit.

Origin of reluctance

First recorded in 1635-45; reluct(ant) + -ance

Examples for reluctance

Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.

Too, the Moravians, despite their reluctance to bear arms, were pleased to be part of the new country, now that it was at peace.

With the mixed reaction to the finale of Lost, did you feel some reluctance to return to the arena of television?

For five weeks I forced myself to sit at my house table, figuring that my reluctance was a residue of my introversion.

In fact, Lauer even ended up with a character arc of his own, involving his reluctance to utter the word “sharknado.”

Perhaps his reluctance stems from the fact that he has only tenuous connections to Hungary these days.

He felt vaguely that his reluctance did him credit, and that he was improving.

Only, the cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and a pretence of reluctance.

In this strategy Winkleman with reluctance admired the white man's hands.

Therefore my reluctance to be driven from my place of usefulness.

Word Value for reluctance
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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