Definitions
the act of making a choice
Word origin
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)).
Used in a sentence
“[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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Act of choosing”8 letters
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