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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom;
- Example: "a reluctant smile"
- Example: "loath to admit a mistake"
[syn: loath, loth, reluctant]

2. disinclined to become involved;
- Example: "they were usually reluctant to socialize"
- Example: "reluctant to help"

3. not eager;
- Example: "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"
- Example: "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reluctant \Re*luc"tant\ (-tant), a. [L. reluctans, -antis, p.
   pr. of reluctari. See Reluct.]
   1. Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling;
      disinclined; loth.
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            Reluctant, but in vain.               --Milton.
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            Reluctant now I touched the trembling string.
                                                  --Tickell.
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   2. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with
      reluctance; as, reluctant obedience. --Mitford.
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   Syn: Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant;
        backward; coy. See Averse.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reluctant
    adj 1: unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a
           reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake" [syn:
           loath, loth, reluctant]
    2: disinclined to become involved; "they were usually reluctant
       to socialize"; "reluctant to help"
    3: not eager; "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our
       ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to
       marry him"