volition
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8.5
- noun
- /vəˈlɪʃən/
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- And I think giving yourself that sort of volition and security and foundation within yourself allows you to feel good even when things are bad.
- own volition
- Passive volition
- volition and motivation
These birds came to that tree of their own volition of their own will.
- These birds came to that tree of their own volition of their own will.
- If they decide to go into therapy of their own volition, of their own desire, OK.
- Or was it the slaves themselves, with their own volition, their own bravery, their own feet?
- It is with volition, it is with choice on our part.
- We can even have volitions that bear directly on our personality.
- A grown grandmother that chooses to clap on her own volition, right?
- So whenever the first rat ran of its own volition, the second rat had to run on the wheel.
- And so that was the explanation available to him to explain how his body was seemingly moved without his volition.
- It's, you know, Trump the volition man, where's the switch?
- But their wills, their volitions are not harmless, he says.
- You know it to to be able to have volition, you have to have that.
Examples
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I can just leave on my own volition.
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Several governments, of their own volition, introduced new regulations on trans fats and dietary salt.
Academic text (2012) -
James says no, it's just one volition against another.
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It's part volition and part out of their control.
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Rather, it is leaving of its own volition and on its own terms.
Academic text (1990) -
These birds came to that tree of their own volition of their own will.
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I enter into this union... ...being of sound mind and of my own volition.
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If they decide to go into therapy of their own volition, of their own desire, OK.
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Your uncle went into the home of his own volition and then regretted it.
Fiction book (1992) -
He chose to study abroad of his own volition after thinking it through carefully.
Synonyms
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1.0
One thing you pick or the act of picking from several things
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2.6
Strong determination to do something despite difficulty
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5.8
Ability to choose what you do without being controlled by outside forces
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3.3
Deciding firmly what to do
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7.5
Doing something by free choice without being forced
Antonyms
How Intentional
Surface Forms
Morphology
volition = volit + ion
The stem 'volit' is a Latin combining form (not a standalone English word), so learners cannot transparently derive 'volition' (meaning 'will') from familiar English components despite the productive noun-forming suffix '-ion'.
Etymology
Volition comes from the Latin root vol- meaning 'will' or 'wish', and you can see the same root in voluntary and volunteer. So, volition is the act of choosing by your own will, not because someone makes you do it.