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reluctant definition

re·luc·tant (-tənt)

adjective

  1. opposed in mind (to do something); unwilling; disinclined
  2. marked by unwillingness a reluctant answer
  3. Rare struggling against; resisting; opposing

Etymology: L reluctans, prp. of reluctari, to resist < re-, against + luctari, to struggle: see lock

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