reluctance

show reluctance to do sth.

my reluctance to stick a label on myself politically.

she sensed his reluctance to continue.

she felt miserably self-critical for her reluctance to go.

other countries don't share our reluctance to eat goat meat.

These political tensions explain the reluctance of financiers to invest in the region.

They point to Seoul's reluctance to endorse HSBC's acquisition of Korea Exchange Bank as one sign of frostiness.

The method of calculating microstepping currents for variable reluctance stepping motor with equal microstep angle was described when motor torque characteristics were sinusoidal shapes.

Nearly everywhere Agassiz encountered an unyielding reluctance to accept his theories.

So there's a reluctance again to sort of get involved.

Don't pretend Mary's sudden reluctance can't be traced back to you.

Yes, he agreed, much as Kaiser Bill agreed to abdicate with the greatest possible reluctance.

The man regarded her with tender reluctance, but stopped them.

Yes he did but at the same time it was there was always a reluctance about him.

But there's still a great reluctance among NATO allies to risk direct conflict between NATO and Russia.

You know, I understand the source of your reluctance.

But there is still a reluctance within the UK government even to identify ultra-processed food as a problem.

Despite initial reluctance, colonizers eventually began cultivating — and popping — corn.