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Webster 1913 Edition

(-tant)

Adj.

[L.

reluctans

-antis

, p. pr. of

reluctari

. See

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

Reluctant

, but in vain.

Milton.

Reluctant

now I touched the trembling string.

Tickell.

Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance;

as,

reluctant

obedience

Mitford.

Syn. – Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant; backward; coy. See

Adj.

Striving against; unwilling; much opposed in heart.

Reluctant now I touch'd the trembling string.

Unwilling; acting with slight repugnance; coy.

Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as reluctant obedience.