SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN noun the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
a choice or decision made by the will.
the power of willing; will.
Origin of volition 1605–15; <
Medieval Latin volitiōn- (stem of
volitiō ), equivalent to
vol- (variant stem of
velle to want, wish; see
will1 ) +
-itiōn- -ition Related forms vo·li·tion·al , vo·li·tion·ar·y [voh-lish -uh -ner-ee] /voʊˈlɪʃ əˌnɛr i/ adjective vo·li·tion·al·ly , adverb non·vo·li·tion , noun non·vo·li·tion·al , adjective pre·vo·li·tion·al , adjective su·per·vo·li·tion , noun un·vo·li·tion·al , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for volition desire ,
accord ,
selection ,
option ,
willingness ,
wish ,
preference ,
choice ,
will ,
determination ,
election ,
discretion ,
resolution ,
purpose ,
choosing ,
conation Examples from the Web for volition Contemporary Examples of 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 .
Historical Examples of volition It seemed to have a vast inorganic life of its own, a volition and a whim.
Volition is surely an act of the mind, with which we are sufficiently acquainted.
She opened the outer door, and Mattie had no volition but to go.
Miss Georgie did not often send that last word of her own volition .
They talk about having faith, as if it could be done by an act of volition .
British Dictionary definitions for volition noun the act of exercising the will of one's own volition
the faculty or capability of conscious choice, decision, and intention; the will
the resulting choice or resolution
philosophy an act of will as distinguished from the physical movement it intends to bring about
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Derived Forms volitional or volitionary , adjective volitionally , adverb Word Origin for volition C17: from Medieval Latin volitiō, from Latin vol- as in volō I will, present stem of velle to wish
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Word Origin and History for volition n. 1610s, from French volition (16c.), from Medieval Latin volitionem (nominative volitio ) "will, volition," from Latin stem (as in volo "I wish") of velle "to wish," from PIE *wel-/*wol- "be pleasing" (see will (v.)).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
n. The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision.
A conscious choice or decision.
The power or faculty of choosing; the will.
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Related forms vo•li′ tion•al adj. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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