disinclination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike
    • his disinclination for modesty is well known
  2. noun a certain degree of unwillingness
    hesitation; hesitancy; reluctance; indisposition.
    • a reluctance to commit himself
    • his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
    • after some hesitation he agreed

WordNet

Dis*in`cli*na"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.
    Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot.
    Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.
    Syn. -- Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike; indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance.

Webster 1913