Volition Synonyms

və-lĭshən
The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. will
  2. desire
  3. willing
  4. choice
  5. wish
  6. election
  7. preference
  8. conation
  9. choosing
  10. discretion
  11. option

Words Related to Volition

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Volition Sentence Examples

  • The top opened of its own volition, revealing an aged stone dagger with dulled edges and a chipped stone hilt.

  • Both cognition and volition are functions of thought as well as forms of moral action.

  • This is the element of spontaneity in volition and in reason.

  • Her arms slid around his neck of their own volition and she eagerly returned his kiss.

  • The French soldiers went to kill and be killed at the battle of Borodino not because of Napoleon's orders but by their own volition.

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