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Volition
volition
1. 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... = free will N-UNCOUNT 2. If you do something of your own volition, you do it because you have decided for yourself that you will do it and not because someone else has told you to do it. (FORMAL) Makin said Mr Coombes had gone to the police of his own volition. = voluntarily PHRASE: PHR after v
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noun Etymology: French, from Medieval Latin ~-, volitio, from Latin vol- (stem of velle to will, wish) + -ition-, -itio (as in Latin position-, positio position) — more at will Date: 1615 1. an act of making a choice or decision; also a choice or decision made 2. the power of choosing or determining ; will • ~al adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the exercise of the will. 2 the power of willing. Phrases and idioms of (or by) one's own volition voluntarily. Derivatives volitional adj. volitionally adv. volitive adj. Etymology: F volition or med.L volitio f. volo I wish ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. воля, волевой акт; желание of his own volition —- по своей (доброй) воле, по своему желанию, добровольно 2. сила воли ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) волевой акт, хотение; to do smth. by/of ones own volition - сделать что-л. по доброй воле, по собственному желанию 2) воля, сила воли ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n formal the power to choose or decide something without being forced to do it (of your own volition (=because you want to do something, not because you are forced to do it)) (Helena left the company of her own volition.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1615, from Fr. volition, from M.L. volitionem (nom. volitio) "will, volition," from L. stem (as in volo "I wish") of velle "to wish," from PIE *wel-/*wol- "be pleasing." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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