Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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RELUCT'ANT, adjective
1. Striving against; unwilling; much opposed in heart.
Reluctant now I touch'd the trembling string.
2. Unwilling; acting with slight repugnance; coy.
3. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as reluctant obedience.
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