Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-LUCT'ANT, a.

1. Striving against; unwilling; much opposed in heart. Reluctant now I touch'd the trembling string. – Tickell.
2. Unwilling; acting with slight repugnance; coy. – Milton.
3. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience. – Mitford.