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reluctance

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as in unwillingness
a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something the mice showed an odd reluctance to eat the cheese we had put out for them

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“Reluctance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reluctance. Accessed 29 Nov. 2022.

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