Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Reluctant

Reluctant (-tant) , adjective

[Latin reluctans, -antis, present participle of reluctari. See Reluct.]

1.
Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
Reluctant, but in vain. — Milton
Reluctant now I touched the trembling string. — Tickell
2.
Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience. — Mitford