reluctation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From (the stem of) Late Latin reluctatio, from the participle stem of Latin reluctārī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]reluctation (countable and uncountable, plural reluctations)
- (obsolete) Resistance, struggle. [16th–19th c.]
- 1605, 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 Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
- 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 word
- (now rare) Reluctance, unwillingness. [from 16th c.]
- 1933, Clark Ashton Smith, Ubbo-Sathla:
- 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.