Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reluctation

/ɹɪlʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-luc-ta-tion
IPA: /ɹɪlʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Resistance, struggle.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Reluctance, unwillingness.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The prerogative of God extendeth 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"
"But the very next day, by an unreasoning impulse to which he yielded almost mechanically, without reluctation, he found himself seated before the misty orb."

Etymology

From (the stem of) Late Latin reluctatio, from the participle stem of Latin reluctārī.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: reluctatio, reluctārī

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹɪlʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Usage

Inflected Forms

reluctations (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce reluctation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪlʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/.
What does reluctation mean?: Resistance, struggle.
Where does reluctation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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