Volition

Definitions

1. A conscious choice or decision.
   countable, uncountable
2. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
   countable, uncountable
3. A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] 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 Greater Good, or a hinderer of it. But if it fall⟳ out that the Inconſiſtency of theſe is not diſcerned or believed, or but Imperfectly, then may the Will by a Practical Volition Will them both.”

“[Antonio] Conte has broken the mould further with the suggestion he might escape⟳ the [Roman] Abramovich cleaver, becoming the first of his line to leave⟳ by his own⟳ volition.”

“Out of all the factors that can influence⟳ a person’s decision, none can match⟳ the power of his or her own⟳ volition.”

“The volition may be in accordance with the desire or not; it may be in accordance with the moral feelings, and wholly at variance with the desires; but in both alike the desires and volitions are distinct.”

“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 follows: (1) Personal volition (e.g. I want⟳ very much for Peter to be present⟳.) (2) Volition expressed in directives (e.g. He gave orders for his family to be summoned.) (3) Impersonal (unspecified) volition (e.g. It is necessary for Peter to be present⟳.) […]”

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