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Definition of Reluctation
1. n. Repugnance; resistance; reluctance.
Definition of Reluctation
1. Noun. (obsolete) Resistance, struggle. (defdate 16th-19th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (rare) Reluctance, unwillingness. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reluctation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reluctation
Literary usage of Reluctation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"... reason as to the will of man"; so that, as we are to obey His law, though we
find a reluctation in our will, so we are to believe His word, ..."
2. The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of by Francis Bacon (1852)
"... as well to the reason as to the will of man; so that as we are to obey His
law, though we find a reluctation in our will, so we are to believe His word, ..."
3. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath (1858)
"Wherefore as we are bound to obey the divine law though we find a reluctation in
our will, so are we to believe His word though we find a ..."
4. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, James Spedding, William Rawley, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath (1870)
"Wherefore as we are bound to obey the divine law though we find a reluctation in
our will, so are we to believe His word though we find a ..."
5. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1879)
"... but left the creatures to a rebellion or reluctation. And therefore if you
note it attentively, when this charter was renewed unto Noah and his sons, ..."
6. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1877)
"l The prerogative of God extendeth as well to tho reason as to the will of man ;
so that as we are to his law though we find a reluctation in our will, ..."
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