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reluctation

UK/ɹɪlʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

reluctation noun: resistance, struggle.

Noun

reluctation (countable and uncountable, plural reluctations)

  1. (obsolete) Resistance, struggle.
    • The prerogative of God extendeth as well to the reason as to the will of man ; so that as we are to obey his law though we find a reluctation in our will , so we are to believe his word1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...
  2. (archaic) Reluctance, unwillingness.
    • But the very next day, by an unreasoning impulse to which he yielded almost mechanically, without reluctation, he found himself seated before the misty orb.1933, Clark Ashton Smith, Ubbo-Sathla

Forms of reluctation

pluralreluctations

Origin of reluctation

From (the stem of) Late Latin reluctatio, from the participle stem of Latin reluctārī.

Questions about reluctation

What does reluctation mean?
Reluctation means resistance, struggle.
What part of speech is reluctation?
Reluctation is a noun.
How do you pronounce reluctation?
Reluctation is pronounced /ɹɪlʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of reluctation?
The plural of reluctation is reluctations.

Words near reluctation in the dictionary

  1. reluctantly
  2. reluctate
  3. reluctated
  4. reluctates
  5. reluctating
  6. reluctation
  7. reluctations
  8. relucted
  9. relucting
  10. reluctivities
  11. reluctivity

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