Unwillingness

  • 1unwillingness — index contempt (disobedience to the court), declination, disincentive, hesitation, refusal, reluctance, resistance, scruple …

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  • 2Unwillingness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unwillingness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unwillingness unwillingness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 indisposition indisposition indisposedness Sgm: N 1 disinclination disinclination aversation Sgm: N 1 nolleity nolleity no …

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  • 3unwillingness — n. an unwillingness to + inf. (everyone deplored their unwillingness to compromise) * * * an unwillingness to + inf. (everyone deplored their unwillingness to compromise) …

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  • 4unwillingness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Indisposition Nouns unwillingness, indisposition, disinclination, aversion, dislike; nolleity, nolition, renitence; reluctance; indocility, obstinacy, noncompliance, refusal; scrupulousness,… …

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  • 5unwillingness — unwilling ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not willing. DERIVATIVES unwillingly adverb unwillingness noun …

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  • 6unwillingness — noun the trait of being unwilling (Freq. 3) his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton • Syn: ↑involuntariness • Ant: ↑willingness …

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  • 7unwillingness to believe — index incredulity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8Unwillingness — Unwilling Un*will ing, a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. [1913 Webster] And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, Keep your piece nine years. Pope. [1913 Webster] {Un*will ing*ly}, adv.… …

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  • 9unwillingness — noun see unwilling …

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  • 10unwillingness — See unwillingly. * * * …

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