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reluct
[ ri-luhkt ]
/ rɪˈlʌkt /
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verb (used without object)
to struggle (against something); rebel.
to object; show reluctance.
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Origin of reluct
Words nearby reluct
relocation, relocation costs, relocator, rel. pron., relucent, reluct, reluctance, reluctant, reluctantly, reluctate, reluctivity
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How to use reluct in a sentence
Milton makes Adam reluct and wrangle, but it is easy to see he will succumb to his wife's persuasions.
Flowers of Freethought|George W. FooteHe was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions|John DonneThe first glance made us reluct at encountering in the outset the writer's formidable-looking preface.
British Dictionary definitions for reluct
reluct
/ (rɪˈlʌkt) /
verb (intr) archaic
(often foll by against) to struggle or rebel
to object; show reluctance
Word Origin for reluct
C16: from Latin reluctārī to resist, from re- + luctārī to struggle
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