reluctant

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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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