volition
11volition — [n] free will accord, choice, choosing, conation, desire, determination, discretion, election, option, preference, purpose, resolution, selection, will, willingness, wish; concepts 20,41 …
12volition — [vō lish′ən, vəlish′ən] n. [Fr < ML volitio < L volo, I wish, pres. indic. of velle, to be willing, to WILL2] 1. the act of using the will; exercise of the will as in deciding what to do 2. a conscious or deliberate decision or choice thus… …
13Volition — Pour le studio de développement de jeux vidéo, voir Volition (entreprise). La volition est un acte par lequel la volonté se détermine à quelque chose. Autrement dit, elle désigne l aboutissement d un processus par lequel l être humain use de la… …
14volition — n. act of choosing of, on one s own volition (they agreed of their own volition; to act on one s own volition) * * * [və lɪʃ(ə)n] on one s own volition (they agreed of their own volition; to act on one s own volition) [ act of choosing ] of …
15volition — [[t]vəlɪ̱ʃ(ə)n, AM voʊl [/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT 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... He felt as though he were in… …
16volition — (vo li sion) s. f. Terme de psychologie. Acte par lequel la faculté de vouloir se détermine à quelque chose. • Une volition déterminée par une suite de causes à l infini, CONDIL. Traité des syst. ch. 10. • Les perceptions et volitions de l… …
17volition — vo|li|tion [vəˈlıʃən US vou , və ] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Medieval Latin volitio, from Latin velle; VOLUNTARY1] 1.) of your own volition formal if you do something of your own volition, you do it because you want to, not… …
18volition — volitional, volitionary /voh lish euh ner ee/, adj. volitionally, adv. /voh lish euhn, veuh /, n. 1. the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition. 2. a choice or decision made by the will. 3. the… …
19volition — [17] Volition comes via French volition from medieval Latin volitiō, a noun derived from Latin volō ‘I will’. Together with English will, this went back ultimately to Indo European *wel , *wol ‘be pleasing’, which also produced English volunteer… …
20volition — noun (U) 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 …
