Unwillingness
Nouns
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unwillingness etc. adj.
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indisposition, indisposedness
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disinclination, aversation
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nolleity, nolition
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renitence, renitency
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reluctance
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indifference etc. Indifference
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backwardness etc. adj.
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slowness etc. Slowness
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want of alacrity, want of readiness
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indocility etc. (obstinacy) Obstinacy. scrupulousness, scrupulosity
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qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience
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delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil
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hesitation etc. (irresolution) Irresolution
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fastidiousness etc. Fastidiousness. averseness etc. (dislike) Dislike
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dissent etc. Dissent
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refusal etc. Refusal.
Adjectives
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unwilling
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not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content
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adverse etc. (opposed) Opposition
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laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to
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indifferent etc. Indifference
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scrupulous
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squeamish etc. (fastidious) Fastidiousness
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repugnant etc. (dislike) Dislike
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restiff, restive
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demurring etc. v.
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unconsenting etc. (refusing) Refusal
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involuntary etc. Necessity.
Adverbs
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unwillingly etc. adj.
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grudgingly, with a heavy heart
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with a bad, with an ill grace
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against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain
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in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself
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perforce etc. Compulsion
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under protest
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no etc. Negation
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not for the world, far be it from me.