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Reluct   Listen
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Reluct  v. i.  To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance. "Apt to reluct at the excesses of it (passion)."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Reluct" Quotes from Famous Books



... not content to pass away 'like a weaver's shuttle.' Those metaphors solace me not, nor sweeten the unpalatable draught of mortality. I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny. I am in love with this green earth; the face of town and country; the unspeakable rural solitudes, and the sweet security of streets. I would set up my tabernacle here. I am content to stand still at the age to which I am arrived; I, and my friends. ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV - Poems and Plays • Charles and Mary Lamb



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