reluctation

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/ɹɪlʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK)

Definition of reluctation

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Resistance, struggle.

“The prerogative of God extendeth as well to the reason as to the will of man ; so that as we are to obey his law though we find a reluctation in our will , so we are to believe his word”

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noun

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Resistance, struggle.

“The prerogative of God extendeth as well to the reason as to the will of man ; so that as we are to obey his law though we find a reluctation in our will , so we are to believe his word”
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Reluctance, unwillingness.

“But the very next day, by an unreasoning impulse to which he yielded almost mechanically, without reluctation, he found himself seated before the misty orb.”

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From (the stem of) Late Latin reluctatio, from the participle stem of Latin reluctārī.

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