volition

CEFRC2

/vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The power to choose or decide something freely.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

Examples

  • Mary had gone to the police of her own volition.

  • He left of his own volition.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /voʊˈlɪʃ(ə)n/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.

  2. A conscious choice or decision.

More examples

In context

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

  • [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.

  • 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.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

She decided to move to a new city entirely by her own blank, without any outside pressure.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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)).