Against
Against preposition - In or into contact with.
Reluctant to and against are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reluctant to" instead an adjective "Against".
Reluctant to
Against and reluctant to are semantically related. You can use "Against" instead an adjective phrase "Reluctant to".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The Crucible Knights' blacksmith is reluctant to actually make them since it goes against the Knights' traditions.
Source: Turned Against Their Masters -
The JSDF is reluctant to give up the only effective defense that they have against Godzilla, even after the Shobijin promise to have Mothra defend against Godzilla in Kiryu's stead.
Source: Film / Godzilla Tokyo SOS -
The fact that it is much more useful against Facehuggers will only make you that much more reluctant to put it to use on anything else.
Source: Video Game / Alien: Isolation
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