Can「される」mean「させられる」?


Recently, I looked up「気が引ける」in 旺文社国語辞典

> きがひける【気が引ける】
>
> うしろめたい感じがして気おくれする。 **遠慮される** 。

It's odd to me that「遠慮する」is written in passive. I thought it was a typo at
first then it occurred to me this「される」can be understood as「させられる」. Is that
right?




This される does not have the passive meaning. It's a less common usage of (ら)れる
known as 自発 ("spontaneous").

  * [Why is the passive form used in this sentence?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/42680/5010)
  * [Is there a reason why the passive and the potential form are identical (at least for える/いる verbs)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60050/5010)

So this 遠慮される means something along the lines of なんとなく遠慮したい気持ちになる ("to
spontaneously feel like refraining"). 遠慮させられる is different because it means
some external pressure is making you to do 遠慮.




This される does not have the passive meaning. It's a less common usage of (ら)れる
known as 自発 ("spontaneous").

  * [Why is the passive form used in this sentence?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/42680/5010)
  * [Is there a reason why the passive and the potential form are identical (at least for える/いる verbs)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60050/5010)

So this 遠慮される means something along the lines of なんとなく遠慮したい気持ちになる ("to
spontaneously feel like refraining"). 遠慮させられる is different because it means
some external pressure is making you to do 遠慮.

