单词 | reluctation |
释义 | reluctationn. a. Struggle, resistance; opposition to an external force or influence; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance witherOE wiþerstrencþc1175 withstanding1303 resistancea1325 gainstandinga1340 withsetting1340 resistencec1390 again-standingc1400 resisting1436 repugnance?a1439 gainstandc1470 disstandingc1485 against-standinga1500 repugnancya1500 resist1535 objection1543 reluctation1593 resistment1605 rebeck1609 reluctance1609 reluctancy1613 obluctation1615 redaction1621 resistencya1623 obstrigillation1623 resistal1631 resistancy1656 recalcitration1658 stemc1700 calcitration1867 push-back1984 1593 P. Stubbes Motive to Good Wks. i. 5 They obeyed presently without all reluctation or resistance. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. H1 There being then no reluctation of the creature, nor sweat of the browe, mans employment must..haue ben matter of delight. View more context for this quotation a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 456 He had gotten in the present Parliament, not without much reluctation, one tenth. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋210 Impedited in her reluctation and conflict with the forren invasion of the disease. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlix. 404 If this fluid resided within bodies, in an indolent and passive state, it could exert no reluctation on any mechanical force. 1833 Times 28 Jan. 1/7 It is only when they feel themselves baffled at all points, and without hope of successful reluctation, that their obedience becomes ready and cheerful. 1887 E. Gurney Tertium Quid II. 76 The hush and fury, the crises and contrasts, the onsets and reluctations, of musical movement. b. Medicine. Resistance to movement on the part of an organ or part of the body. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > system > [noun] > organ > faculty or function of > types of functions systole1565 reluctation1632 metastasis1663 rhythm1683 rhythmus1707 reaction1860 1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 67 This [motion] is done not without much reluctation and paine. 1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 114 The Stomock upon their Ingestion doth not firmly close, but with some sort of Reluctation. 1871 A. Calkins Opium & Opium-appetite xix. 226 The spectral illusions engendered by the pure gum did not reappear under the action of the alkaloid, neither was there the same reluctation on the part of the stomach. 2. a. Internal or mental conflict; reluctance, unwillingness; an instance of this. Now rare.Very common in the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun] un-i-willa1225 unlustc1230 dangerc1290 loathnessa1300 thronessa1400 grudgingc1420 nilling?a1425 unlustiness?a1425 loathinessc1449 difficulty?c1450 grudge1477 sticking1525 scruple1526 unreadiness1526 sweerness1533 dangerousness1548 untowardnessa1555 envy1557 loathsomeness1560 retractation1563 stickling1589 indisposition1593 loathfulness1596 backwardness1597 unwillingness1597 reluctation1598 offwardness1600 undisposedness1600 hinka1614 reluctancy1621 reluctancea1628 renitence1640 nolencea1651 nolencya1651 indisposedness1651 shyness1651 nolition1653 costiveness1654 sullenness1659 scrupling1665 regret1667 queerness1687 stickiness1689 disinclination1695 uneasinessa1715 tarditude1794 disclination1812 inalacrity1813 grudgingness1820 tarrowing1832 reticence1863 grudgery1889 balkiness1894 safety first1913 1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Deuotion xxxiii. 318 This combate and strife with these cogitations ought not to be done with too much labor, & too much reluctation of spirit [Sp. congoxa de Spiritu]. 1599 A. Hume Christian Precepts in Hymnes sig. K1 Gif thou obey him willinglie and with a gladnes, without any reluctation or regrait, thou art then his slaue & seruant. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Tt1 In the distinction between vertue with reluctation, and vertue secured. View more context for this quotation 1611 W. Sclater Key to Key of Script. 298 Because with the whole heart he sinneth not, but hath euer some reluctation against the temptation. 1648 J. Vicars Coleman-st. Conclave Visited 28 I for my part..verily hoped (but yet with no little reluctation of spirit, fearing the contrary) he would [etc.]. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life x. 118 By a sweet and secret efficacy overcome all it's reluctations. 1798 G. Hutton Appeal Nation 48 As far as the Imperfection of our Nature and the Reluctation of our Passions would permit, we should be followers of Him. 1870 R. L. Stevenson Wks. (1896) XXI. iv. i. 97 My disillusion dates from the opening of the garden door... I find a reluctation of spirit against believing that this is the place. 1933 Weird Tales July 115/1 An unreasoning impulse to which he yielded almost mechanically, without reluctation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] rethenesseOE crueltyc1230 cruelnessa1400 savagenessa1400 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 savagec1487 savagerya1616 reluctationa1625 fellness1678 heartlessness1891 a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eee4v/1 Thou hast no tendernesse, No reluctation in thy heart. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sea Voy. iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbb2v/2 Turn all those pitties, Those tender reluctations that should become your sex, To stern anger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593 |
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