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reluct

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re⋅luct

  [ri-luhkt]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to struggle (against something); rebel.
2. to object; show reluctance.
Origin:
1520–30; < L reluctārī, equiv. to re- re- + luctārī to strive, struggle, wrestle
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re·luct   (rĭ-lŭkt')   
intr.v.   re·luct·ed, re·luct·ing, re·lucts
To show reluctance or repugnance.

[Latin reluctārī : re-, re- + luctārī, to struggle.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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