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reluct

 
Dictionary: re·luct
(rĭ-lŭkt') pronunciation
intr.v., -luct·ed, -luct·ing, -lucts.
To show reluctance or repugnance.

[Latin reluctārī : re-, re- + luctārī, to struggle.]


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[ad. L. reluctari, to struggle; but in later use prob. a back-formation from reluctance]
1) to make a determined resistance : struggle
2) to feel or show repugnance or reluctance : revolt
 
 
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