Unwillingness.

With to, toward. Lack of interest in or concern for something or someone specified. Also: disinclination to do something.

Difficulty (made or raised); hesitation, reluctance, chariness, stint, grudging; coyness. to make danger: to make a difficulty (about doing…

Reluctance; disinclination. Const. to with infinitive; rarely of with gerund.

Reluctance; obstinacy, stubbornness. Cf. thro, adj.1 1a.

The action of grudge, v.: †(a) murmuring, grumbling, complaint; (b) reluctant or unwilling action; (c) the cherishing of ill-will, resentment, or…

The fact of not wishing something; disinclination; rejection, aversion. Usually in collocation with willing.

Lack of enthusiasm or willingness; laziness; disinclination.

Disinclination; reluctance.

Reluctance, unwillingness; objection. See also to make (a) difficulty at phrases 1.

Murmur, murmuring, grumbling; discontent, dissatisfaction; reluctance, unwillingness. Obsolete.

Hesitation, delay; reluctance; an instance of this. Also: a cause of hesitation or delay. Obsolete.

A thought or circumstance that troubles the mind or conscience; a doubt, uncertainty or hesitation in regard to right and wrong, duty, propriety…

The condition of being unready or ill-prepared; unpreparedness.

Unwillingness, disinclination (to do something).

Chariness, grudgingness. Obsolete.

Const. to (esp. with infinitive).

Unwillingness, reluctance. Obsolete. rare.

A feeling of loathing, disgust, or repugnance; aversion, dislike, reluctance; nausea. Obsolete.

Apparently: reluctance, holding back. Obsolete. rare.

The action or an act of stickle, v. (in various senses); esp. (in early use) vigorous striving or participation, (in later use) insistence that…

The state of not being mentally disposed, or ‘in the mind’ (to something, or to do something); disinclination, unwillingness.

the quality or condition of being loathful; reluctance.

Reluctance, disinclination; slowness of conception or action, sluggishness; bashfulness.

The state or condition of being unwilling, reluctant, or loath; reluctance; disinclination.

Internal or mental conflict; reluctance, unwillingness; an instance of this. Now rare.

the state of being turned away; averseness, aversion.

Faltering, hesitation, misgiving.

Aversion, disinclination, reluctance; an instance of this. Frequently in with (also without) reluctancy.

Unwillingness, disinclination. Frequently in with (also without) reluctance. Also: an instance of this. Now the usual sense.

Resistance; reluctance or unwillingness to be compelled or persuaded; uncooperativeness. Cf. renitency, n. 2. rare.

Unwillingness.

= nolence, n.

Mental indisposition; disinclination, unwillingness.

The condition or quality of being shy.

Unwillingness.

The state or quality of being reticent or reserved. Cf. costive, adj. 2. Now somewhat archaic.

Slowness, reluctance. Obsolete.

An aversion, a disinclination. Obsolete. rare.

Strangeness, oddity, eccentricity. Also: an instance of this, a peculiarity, an idiosyncrasy.

The quality of being sticky, adhesiveness; (also) glutinousness, viscosity.

Want of inclination or liking (usually implying an inclination towards the opposite); slight dislike or aversion; indisposition, unwillingness.

Unwillingness, reluctance. Obsolete.

= tardity, n.; in quot. 1794 ‘slowness’ or unwillingness to do something.

= disinclination, n.

Want of alacrity.

The condition or quality of being grudging, unwilling, reluctant, or stinting.

Reluctance to perform a particular action; disinclination, hesitation. Frequently with to (do something). Cf. reticent, adj. 2.

grudging.

The quality of being balky.

The conduct or principles embodied in the slogan ‘safety first’.