reluctation /ɹɪlʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ noun2 •(no longer used) Resistance, struggle.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 — 1605 •(no longer used) Reluctance, unwillingness.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. — 1933 formsreluctations