volition

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: vo=li=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

volition, n. [F., fr. L. volo I will, velle to will, be willing. See Voluntary.].

•  The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.  [1913 Webster]

  "Volition is the actual exercise of the power the mind has to order the consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it."  [1913 Webster]

  "Volition is an act of the mind, knowingly exerting that dominion it takes itself to have over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from, any particular action."  [1913 Webster]
•  The result of an act or exercise of choosing or willing; a state of choice.  [1913 Webster]
•  The power of willing or determining; will.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Will; choice; preference; determination; purpose.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

volition, n.
1 the exercise of the will.
2 the power of willing.

Idiom

of (or by) one's own volition voluntarily.

Derivative

volitional adj. volitionally adv. volitive adj.

Etymology

F volition or med.L volitio f. volo I wish

THESAURUS

volition

alternativity, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, choice, choosing, co-optation, co-option, command, conation, conatus, decision, desire, determination, discretion, disposition, election, fancy, first choice, free choice, free will, inclination, intention, liking, lust, mind, objective, option, passion, pick, pleasure, preference, preoption, resolution, selection, sexual desire, the pick, velleity, will, will power, wish

ROGET THESAURUS

volition

Will

N will, volition, conation, velleity, liberum arbitrium, will and pleasure, free will, freedom, discretion, option, voluntariness, spontaneity, spontaneousness, originality, pleasure, wish, mind, desire, frame of mind, intention, predetermination, selfcontrol, determination, force of will, voluntary, volitional, willful, free, optional, discretional, discretionary, volitient, volitive, minded, prepense, intended, autocratic, unbidden &c (bid), spontaneous, original, unconstrained, voluntarily, at will, at pleasure, a volonte, a discretion, al piacere, ad libitum, ad arbitrium, as one thinks proper, as it seems good to, a beneplacito, of one's won accord, of one's own free will, proprio motu, suo motu, ex meromotu, out of one's won head, by choice, purposely, deliberately, stet pro ratione voluntas, sic volo sic jubeo, a vostro beneplacito, beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere, Deus vult, was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden.