volition
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volition
- /vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ UK
- /vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ Canada, US
- /voʊˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ Canada, US
- /vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/ Australia
- /vəˈləʃ(ə)n/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
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)).
noun volitions
- A conscious choice or decision. […] And as the Understanding doth at once apprehend it as Good Abſolutely, or in ſome Reſpect, and Evil in other reſpects, and Comparatively a Leſs Good; ſo doth the Will at once continue to Love or Will it ſo farre as it is Apprehended as Good, and to Nill and Reject it as inconſiſtent with a Great
- The mental power or ability of choosing; the will. Out of all the factors that can influence a person’s decision, none can match the power of his or her own volition.
- A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something. English has not one FOR TO construction but several. These several constructions are interrelated and form a chain, or rather a family, of constructions, with identical or similar components recurring in more or less similar configurations. […] The composition of this family can be represented as fo
Translations
Talk about this word "volition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/volition. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. volition. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/volition "volition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/volition.Cite this
@misc{volition_2026,
title = {volition},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/volition},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
