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  1. loathnessnoun

    unwillingness; reluctance

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Loathnessnoun

    Unwillingness.

    Etymology: from loath.

    The fair soul herself
    Weigh’d between lothness and obedience,
    Which end the beam should bow. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    Pray you, look not sad,
    Nor make replies of lothness. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    Should we be taking leave,
    As long a term as yet we have to live,
    The lothness to depart would grow. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    After they had sat about the fire, there grew a general silence and lothness to speak amongst them; and immediately one of the weakest fell down in a swoon. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loathnessnoun

    unwillingness; reluctance

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of loathness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of loathness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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