- a variation of reluctance.
reluctancy
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“There seems to have been some reluctancy in a lot of citizens to be vaccinated,” the Pasco mayor said in that story.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
The mind grows fond of those actions it is accustomed to, and is drawn with reluctancy from those paths in which it has been used to walk.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
Often, as the long vacation of her third year at Caen approached, she caught herself musing on the probability of her recall to England with a reluctancy full of doubts and fears.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
For a moment the Sparrow hesitated; and then, with a sort of queer reluctancy, he dropped the knife on the table, and went and picked up the strands of cord from the floor.
From The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
Hiding his reluctancy, Cooper left his seat and advanced toward the doorway.
From The Substitute Prisoner by Max Marcin
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