noun [vol-lih-shun]
FULL DEFINITION
-an act of making a choice or decision
-a choice or decision made
or
-the power of choosing or determining
-will
SYNONYMS: accord, autonomy, choice, self-determination, free will, will
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Examples:
-"If you won't obey at your own volition, I'll happily bring you down by force!" ~Cato, Legend of the Athanadra: Astrape by fUZZI_Lin
-"If you won't leave of your own volition, I'll happily remove you myself!" ~Ivor, Minecraft: Story Mode
Did you know? Volition ultimately derives from the Latin verb velle, meaning "to will" or "to wish." (The adjective "voluntary" descends from the same source.) English speakers borrowed the term from French in the 17th century, using it at first to mean "an act of choosing." The second sense of volition, meaning "the power to choose," had developed by the mid-18th century.
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