Definition of unwilling

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Unwilling (a.) Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant..

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Involuntary :: Involuntary (a.) Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission..
Deafness :: Deafness (n.) Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.
Aposiopesis :: Aposiopesis (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here..
Merciful :: Merciful (a.) Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.
Reluctant :: Reluctant (a.) Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience..
Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him..
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason..
Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To make difficulty; to be unwilling.
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness..
Merciful :: Merciful (a.) Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.
Averseness :: Averseness (n.) The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
Loathly :: Loathly (adv.) Unwillingly; reluctantly.
Nolition :: Nolition (n.) Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.
Mealy-mouthed :: Mealy-mouthed (a.) Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
Disincline :: Disincline (v. t.) To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
Reluctant :: Reluctant (a.) Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
Coyness :: Coyness (n.) The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.
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