unwillingness
Lack of desire
Unwillingness is the state of not wanting to do something—a lack of desire or readiness to act: His unwillingness to compromise doomed the negotiations.
It suggests active resistance rather than mere indifference: Her unwillingness to speak hinted at something she was hiding.
Disinclination to act
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- doubtLack of firm belief
- indecisionFailure to decide
- vacillationInability to choose
ambivalence · uncertainty · wavering · apprehension · pause · reticence · reservations · misgivings
Refusal to yield
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
bullheadedness · obduracy · mulishness · hardheadedness · unyieldingness · rigidity · implacability · adamancy
Denial of acceptance
- declineDecrease or refuse
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
turndown · nix · spurning · nonacceptance · repudiation · dismissal · disallowance · disapproval
Capacity to withstand force
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
dissent · protest · rebellion · pushback · antagonism · noncooperation · mutiny · revolt
reluctance
Disinclination to act
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- doubtLack of firm belief
- indecisionFailure to decide
vacillation · ambivalence · uncertainty · wavering · apprehension · pause · reticence · reservations · misgivings · qualms
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
pigheadedness · bullheadedness · obduracy · mulishness · hardheadedness · unyieldingness · rigidity · implacability · adamancy · perversity
rejection
Denial of acceptance
rebuff · turndown · nix · spurning · nonacceptance · repudiation · dismissal · disallowance · disapproval · renunciation
resistance
Capacity to withstand force
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
insubordination · dissent · protest · rebellion · pushback · antagonism · noncooperation · mutiny · revolt · obstruction
- reluctancereluctance, disinclination, hesitation, reticence, reservations
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- objectionsobjection, complaint, protest, refutation, demur
- unpreparednessunpreparedness, unreadiness, unpracticed, untrained, inexperience
unwillingnesswillingness
Openness to act
readiness · amenability · openness · receptiveness · acquiescence
unwillingnesseagerness
Intense willingness to act
enthusiasm · alacrity · zeal · keenness · avidity
unwillingnessconsent
Voluntary agreement given
agreement · assent · acceptance · approval · permission
will, willing, unwilling, willful, willingly, willingness, unwillingly, willfully, willfulness