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{ Re*luc"tance (r?-l?k"tans), Re*luc"tan*cy (-tan-s?), } n. [See Reluctant.] 1. 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.
Syn. See Dislike.
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He had some reluctance to obey the summons. Sir W. Scott.
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Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy
Her helpless innocence I doom to die. Dryden.
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2. (Elec.) Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.
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