willingness

willing +‎ -ness

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/

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willingness (usually uncountable, plural willingnesses)

1. The state of being willing

   All it takes is a willingness to learn.

   • 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:

     " […] and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […] "

• unwillingness