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Involuntariness

The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.

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Disinclination 76% connected

The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.

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Hesitancy 76% connected

The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.

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Hesitation 76% connected

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

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Indisposition 76% connected

The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine.

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Reluctance 76% connected

Alt. of Reluctancy

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Resistance 76% connected

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Temperament 76% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Unwilling 74% connected

Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

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Unwilling 74% connected

Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

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Willingness 94% connected

The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.

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Willingness 94% connected

The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.

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the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Corridor noun · 78% connection

an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

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Defunctness noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"

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no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Automatism noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as…

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Averseness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.

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Bondage adjective · 78% connection

The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slav…

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Chorea noun · 78% connection

St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.

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Coyness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.

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Cramp noun · 78% connection

A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.

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Creep verb · 78% connection

To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.

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Deafness noun · 78% connection

Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.

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Delacrymation noun · 78% connection

An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes.

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Easy verb · 78% connection

Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.

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Encopresis noun · 78% connection

involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness

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