reluctance

IPA: rɪɫˈʌktʌns

Unwillingness to do something.
Hesitancy in taking some action.
(archaic) Defiance, disobedience.
(physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

Examples of "reluctance" in Sentences

This reluctance is blasted away by electronic reading.
The main reason for this reluctance is the threat of litigation for defamation.
Usually this kind of reluctance is a sign of having screwed up, but if I have I don't know what the hell to * fix*.
Gail, 44, sounds as frustrated with Paul's failure to build his business as she is with what she describes as his reluctance to run the house.
Singh also charged Pakistan with "whipping up war hysteria," and criticized what he called their reluctance to crack down on militants operating on their territory.
A year ago Levin was critical of what he called the reluctance of the Obama administration to take on Wall Street, saying: "Some of the people around the president needed to be given a push."