Meaning

noun the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; - George Meredith

noun the act of making a choice

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der. Proto-Italic *welō Medieval Latin volō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Medieval Latin -tiō Medieval Latin volitiōbor. French volitionder. English volition From French volition, from Medieval Latin volitiō (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”)…

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