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reluctance
1640s, "act of struggling against," from obsolete verb
reluct
"to struggle or rebel against" (1520s), from L.
reluctari
"to struggle against," from
re-
"against" +
luctari
"to struggle." Meaning "unwillingness" is first attested 1660s.
