Reluctant Definition
rĭ-lŭktənt
adjective
Opposed in mind (to do something); unwilling; disinclined.
Webster's New World
Marked by unwillingness.
A reluctant answer.
Webster's New World
Struggling against; resisting; opposing.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Reluctant
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From Latin reluctans, present participle of reluctare, reluctari (“to struggle against, oppose, resist"), from re- (“back") + luctari (“to struggle").
From Wiktionary
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Latin reluctāns reluctant- present participle of reluctārī to reluct reluct
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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