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The definition of reluctant is being unwilling to do something.

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An example of reluctant is a dog that doesn’t want to go out in the rain for a walk.

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See reluctant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

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

Related Forms:

reluctantly adverb

See reluctant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Unwilling; disinclined: reluctant to help.
Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness: a reluctant smile.
Offering resistance; opposing.

Origin:

Origin: Latin reluctāns, reluctant-

Origin: , present participle of reluctārī, to reluct; see reluct

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Related Forms:

re·lucˈtant·ly adverb

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