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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reluctant  \Re*luc"tant\  (-tant),  a.  [L.  reluctans,  -antis,  p. 
  pr  of  reluctari  See  {Reluct}.] 
  1.  Striving  against;  opposed  in  desire;  unwilling; 
  disinclined;  loth. 
 
  Reluctant,  but  in  vain.  --Milton. 
 
  Reluctant  now  I  touched  the  trembling  string. 
  --Tickell. 
 
  2.  Proceeding  from  an  unwilling  mind;  granted  with 
  reluctance;  as  reluctant  obedience.  --Mitford. 
 
  Syn:  Averse;  unwilling;  loth;  disinclined;  repugnant; 
  backward;  coy.  See  {Averse}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reluctant 
  adj  1:  unwillingness  to  do  something  contrary  to  your  custom;  "a 
  reluctant  smile";  "loath  to  admit  a  mistake"; 
  "unwilling  to  face  facts"  [syn:  {loath},  {loth}] 
  2:  unwilling  to  become  involved;  "they  were  usually  reluctant 
  to  socialize";  "reluctant  to  help" 
  3:  not  eager;  "foreigners  stubbornly  uneager  to  accept  our 
  ways";  "fresh  from  college  and  uneager  for  the  moment  to 
  marry  him";  "reluctant  to  help"




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