Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reluct \Re*luct"\ (r?-l?kt"), v. i. [L. reluctari, p. p.
   reluctatus, to struggle; pref. re- re- + luctari to struggle,
   fr. lucia a wresting.]
   To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance;
   to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

         Apt to reluct at the excesses of it [passion].
                                                  --Walton.