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volition

[ voh-lish-uhn, vuh- ]

noun

  1. the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing:

    She left of her own volition.

    Synonyms: choice, discretion

  2. a choice or decision made by the will.
  3. the power of willing; will.


volition

/ vəˈlɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act of exercising the will

    of one's own volition

  2. the faculty or capability of conscious choice, decision, and intention; the will
  3. the resulting choice or resolution
  4. philosophy an act of will as distinguished from the physical movement it intends to bring about
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • voˈlitionally, adverb
  • voˈlitional, adjective
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Other Words From

  • vo·li·tion·al; vo·li·tion·ar·y [voh-, lish, -, uh, -ner-ee], adjective
  • non·vo·li·tion noun
  • su·per·vo·li·tion noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of volition1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Medieval Latin volitiōn- (stem of volitiō ), equivalent to vol- (variant stem of velle “to want, wish”; will 1 ) + -itiōn- -ition
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Word History and Origins

Origin of volition1

C17: from Medieval Latin volitiō, from Latin vol- as in volō I will, present stem of velle to wish
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Synonym Study

See will 2.
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Example Sentences

Read more reviews by Stephanie ZacharekThat’s a horrible reminder of Lulu’s past life, but a key truth entwined in it is that dogs don’t go to war of their own volition.

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If you spot one in your yard, the best option is to let it trundle away of its own volition.

Before he was in his teens, on his own volition he had introduced himself to many great artists — Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Dizzy Gillespie among them — who were astonished by the young man’s precocious authority.

Whether you’re in the category of people who die tomorrow or live another 40 years, to some extent that’s not under your control or volition.

Today, as the marketing options are getting narrower based on the disproportionate number of ads run online, learning webinars and online classes are where people go out of their own volition.

When would those states have integrated of their own volition, because it was the right thing to do?

So women, you see, are not human beings with agency and volition about their sexuality in Huckabee Land.

No, she said, she had come to pray at the Kotel of her own volition, no one put her up to it.

Normally, dogs and cats and humans seem to be guided by some kind of volition – but of course that may be flattering ourselves.

But then you have the women who go into the trade of their volition.

The moment that we introduce the operation of human volition and activity, that, too, becomes one of the factors of "survival."

The only genuine act of volition is that in which all the obscure forces of our nature take part.

He ran not of his own conscious volition; he was killed while bravely advancing; he died while retreating.

In so far as Pike protracted this exploration of his own volition, it forms Pt.

Should we not say that actions are subject to Necessity, whilst the preliminary volition and reasoning are independent?

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