Reluctant

rē-luk′tant, adj. struggling or striving against: unwilling: disinclined.— v.i. Rēluct′ , to make resistance.— ns. Reluc′tance , Reluc′tancy , state of being reluctant: unwillingne .— adv. Reluc′tantly .— v.i. Reluc′tāte , to be reluctant.— n. Reluctā′tion , repugnance. [L. reluctans , -antis , pr.p. of reluctāri — re- , against, luctāri , to struggle.]