volition
noun/vəˈlɪʃn/
/vəʊˈlɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- the power to choose something freely or to make your own decisions synonym free will
- They left entirely of their own volition (= because they wanted to).
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a decision or choice made after deliberation): from French, or from medieval Latin volitio(n-), from volo ‘I wish’.
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