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English Dictionary: indisposition by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indisposition
n
  1. a slight illness
  2. a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
    Synonym(s): reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indisposition \In*dis`po*si"tion\, n. [Cf. F. indisposition.]
      1. The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the
            indisposition of two substances to combine.
  
                     A general indisposition towards believing.
                                                                              --Atterbury.
  
      2. A slight disorder or illness.
  
                     Rather as an indisposition in health than as any set
                     sickness.                                          --Hayward.
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