Volition Definition

və-lĭshən
noun
The act of using the will; exercise of the will as in deciding what to do.
Webster's New World
A conscious or deliberate decision or choice thus made.
Webster's New World
The power or faculty of using the will.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
volition
Plural:
volitions

Origin of Volition

  • French from Medieval Latin volitiō volitiōn- from Latin velle vol- to wish wel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French volition, from Medieval Latin volitiō (“will, volition"), from Latin volō (“wish, will").

    From Wiktionary

Volition Sentence Examples

  • The top opened of its own volition, revealing an aged stone dagger with dulled edges and a chipped stone hilt.

  • Both cognition and volition are functions of thought as well as forms of moral action.

  • This is the element of spontaneity in volition and in reason.

  • Her arms slid around his neck of their own volition and she eagerly returned his kiss.

  • The French soldiers went to kill and be killed at the battle of Borodino not because of Napoleon's orders but by their own volition.

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Words Starting With

VVOVOL

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With V and Ending With N

Starts With V & Ends With NStarts With VO & Ends With NStarts With V & Ends With ON

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With V8 Letter Words Ending With N