• (a.) Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience. • (a.) Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/reluctant/
Re·luc'tant (-t a nt) adjective [ Latin reluctans , -antis , present participle of reluctari . See Reluct .] 1. Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. « Reluctant , but in vain.» Milton. « R... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/46
reluctant 1. Unwilling to become involved: 'The boys were reluctant to socialize with the new student.' 2. Not eager: 'They were reluctant to help the drunk.' 3. Unwillingness to do something which is contrary to one's custom. 4. Not very willing to do something and therefore slow to do it. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3887/
adjective not eager; `foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways`; `fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him`; `reluctant to help` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974