Practice FrenchC1noun
la réticence
reluctance, unwillingness
« Il a accepté la proposition, non sans une certaine réticence. »
“He accepted the proposal, though not without a certain reluctance.”
In other languages
- Spanish reticencia
- Portuguese relutância
- German Zurückhaltung, Widerstreben
- Italian riluttanza, reticenza
- Arabic التحفظ، الممانعة
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