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- Dictionaryvolition/vəˈlɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the faculty or power of using one's will: "without conscious volition she backed into her office"
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The meaning of VOLITION is the power of choosing or determining : will. How to use volition in a sentence. Did you know?
volition | American Dictionary. noun [ U ] fml us / vəˈlɪʃ·ən, voʊ- / Add to word list. the power to make your own decisions: It was announced that he resigned of his own volition (= because he chose to), but I believe he was forced out. (Definition of volition from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun [ U ] formal us / vəˈlɪʃ. ə n / uk / vəˈlɪʃ. ə n / Add to word list. the power to make your own decisions: The singer wished it to be known that he had left the band (out) of his own volition (= it was his decision). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Decisions and deciding. ascription. be make or break for someone/something idiom.
Volition definition: the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing. See examples of VOLITION used in a sentence.
Definition of 'volition' Word Frequency. volition. (vəlɪʃən , US voʊl- ) 1. uncountable noun. Your volition is the power you have to decide something for yourself. [formal] We like to think that everything we do and everything we think is a product of our volition. He felt as though he were in the grip of Fate and had no volition of his own.
an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out. type of: choice, option, pick, selection. the act of choosing or selecting. noun. the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention. “"the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith”. synonyms: will.
n. 1. the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of the will: She left of her own volition. 2. the power of willing or choosing; will. 3. a choice or decision made by the will.
