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Reluctant


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.