The definition of reluctant is being unwilling to do something.
(adjective)An example of reluctant is a dog that doesn’t want to go out in the rain for a walk.
See reluctant in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: L reluctans, prp. of reluctari, to resist < re-, against + luctari, to struggle: see lock
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adjective
Origin:
Origin: Latin reluctāns, reluctant-
Origin: , present participle of reluctārī, to reluct; see reluct
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