What does reluct mean?
Reluct means (intransitive, obsolete, used with "at") To be averse to..
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/ɹɪˈlʌkt/ · verb
(intransitive, obsolete, used with "at") To be averse to..
He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.
I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.
[M]iracles, if you accept them, will not help it very much; or if you reluct at them, and ignore them, your faith remains unshaken and entire.
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Reluct means (intransitive, obsolete, used with "at") To be averse to..
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He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.
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