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View synonyms for reluct

reluct

[ ri-luhkt ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to struggle (against something); rebel.
  2. to object; show reluctance.


reluct

/ rɪˈlʌkt /

verb

  1. often foll by against to struggle or rebel
  2. to object; show reluctance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reluct1

1520–30; < Latin reluctārī, equivalent to re- re- + luctārī to strive, struggle, wrestle
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reluct1

C16: from Latin reluctārī to resist, from re- + luctārī to struggle
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Example Sentences

Milton makes Adam reluct and wrangle, but it is easy to see he will succumb to his wife's persuasions.

He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.

The first glance made us reluct at encountering in the outset the writer's formidable-looking preface.

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