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volition

vo·li·tion

UK/vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ US/voʊˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ uncommon

noun

1.

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention

  • “the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt” George Meredith
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2.

the act of making a choice

  • “followed my father of my own volition”
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Origin

From French volition, from Medieval Latin volitiō (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs)).

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