Why this word is great
OBLUCTATION — [Noun] The act of opposing or resisting; a struggle against something. From Latin ob- ("against") + luctor ("to struggle") + -ation (noun-forming suffix). Unlike "reluctance" (which suggests a passive dragging of feet) or "ineluctable" (which bows to inevitability), obluctation is the deliberate, often futile, bracing against the tide. It is the stubborn push of a sapling against a gale, the clenched jaw of a dissenter in a room of nodding heads, or the last stand of a candle flame before the dark—a testament to the human instinct to fight, even when the outcome is foretold.