reluct
[ ri-luhkt ]
/ rɪˈlʌkt /
verb (used without object)
to struggle (against something); rebel.
to object; show reluctance.
Origin of reluct
Words nearby reluct
relocatable,
relocate,
relocation costs,
relocator,
relucent,
reluct,
reluctance,
reluctant,
reluctate,
reluctivity,
relume
Example sentences from the Web for reluct
He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions |John DonneMilton makes Adam reluct and wrangle, but it is easy to see he will succumb to his wife's persuasions.
Flowers of Freethought |George W. FooteThe 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