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Another word for volition

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Noun

  1. The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides

    See also:

    willing

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Another word for volition

Noun
  1. See also:

    will

    desire

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Sentence Examples

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

  • Her arms slid around his neck of their own volition and she pressed close to him passionately returning his affection.

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

  • Yet this primordial creative nature is endowed with volition with regard to its own development.

  • The influence we seem to exercise over bodies by will is only apparent; volition and action only accompany one another.

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