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Definition: Volition |
VolitionNoun1. The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention: "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith. 2. The act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "volition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Volition \Vo*li"tion\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression volo will, velle to will, be willing. See Voluntary.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Voluntary activity without external compulsion. (references) |
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Synonyms: VolitionSynonyms: will (n), willing (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Will | Noun: will, volition, conation, velleity; liberum arbitrium; will and pleasure, free will; freedom; discretion; option; (choice); voluntariness; spontaneity, spontaneousness; originality. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Volition |
| English words defined with "volition": automatic ♦ Catalepsis ♦ Emanant, Excito-motory ♦ intention ♦ lay figure ♦ Nervous system, Nolition ♦ reflex, reflexive ♦ Sensori-volitional ♦ To make a choice of ♦ unconscious, unwilled, unwilling ♦ velleity, voluntary ♦ will. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "volition": active repentance ♦ free and voluntary desistance ♦ involuntary reflex ♦ obsessional neurosis ♦ refugees. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "volition": Volitive. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Volition" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (act of volition, volition). |
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge | My case is a species of madness, only that it is a derangement of the Volition, and not of the intellectual faculties. |
Thomas Carlyle | A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. |
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Worker Rights | Ecuador | However, a worker may not leave the workplace of his own volition, even if there is a hazardous situation. (references) |
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Earl Charles Spencer | Well, I think in the medium term William wants to go into the armed services in some form. This is a traditional part of the royal upbringing, but he'd actually liked to do it of his own volition, so that's great. |
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| "Volition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Volition" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 83 | 36,350 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "volition": on one's own volition. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
volition | 106 |
mystery shop volition | 8 |
3m volition | 6 |
mystery volition | 6 |
mystery shopping volition | 5 |
negative volition | 3 |
inc volition | 2 |
child elementary in school volition | 2 |
mystery shopper volition | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "volition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vullnet (nerve, pleasure, willpower). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مشيئة (desire), قوة إرادة, إختيار (chosen, draft, election, option, pick, picking, sampler, selection), إرادة (device, will, would). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | воля (motion, purpose, will, willpower), проява на воля. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 意志 (Will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vùle (backlash, outlet, will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خواست (Want, Will, Wish), ازروی قصدورضا, ازروی اراده , اراده (Animus, Will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tahdonvoima (strength of will, will-power), tahdonlujuus (strength of will, will-power). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | volonté, volition (act of volition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | willenskraft (energy, will power, willpower). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βούληση (will), θέληση (will, will power). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כוח רצון (will, will power), רצון (desire, favour, goodwill, grace, will, wish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | akarat (mind, ordinance, will), akarás (will, willing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kemauan (will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | volont (will, willingness, wish), il volere. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 意志 (will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いし (chair, couch, death by hanging, doctor, dying wish, having a person under one's control, intention, office, physician, position, posthumous child, purpose, ruins, seat, stone, will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 의지 (recourse, Relying, Resorting, Will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | join (accord, distance, intention, remoteness, time past), aigney (accord, bent, frame of mind, purpose, will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olitionvay vontade (desirability, desire, disposal, fling, heartiness, mind, pleasure, way, will, willingness, wish), volição. (various references) voinţã (accord, character, will, wish). (various references) воля. (various references) volja (humor, humour, liking, mood, temper, will), upotreba volje, odlučivanje. (various references) voluntad (mind, pleasure, will, willingness, wish), volición. (various references) vilja (be willing to, care to, choose, have, intend, like, want, will, willingness, wish). (various references) istem (demand, request, solicitation), irade (fiat, freedom, pleasure, self control, spine, will, willpower). (various references) сила волі (backbone), бажання (appetite, desire, optation, pleasure, will, wish). (various references) ý muốn (accord, pretension, will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "volition": volitional, volitions. (additional references) | |
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"Volition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avolition, colition, polition, valition, velition, volation, vulition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "volition" (pronounced vōli"shun) |
| 5 | -l i" sh u n | abolition, coalition, demolition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | academician, acquisition, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, cognition, commission, competition, composition, condition, contrition, decommission, decomposition, definition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, precondition, predisposition, preignition, premonition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, reimposition, remission, rendition, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-l-n-o-o-t-v" | |
-2 letters: lotion, violin. | |
-3 letters: ovoli, volti. | |
-4 letters: inti, into, lino, lint, lion, loin, loon, loot, loti, noil, nolo, olio, onto, toil, tool, toon, vino, viol, volt. | |
-5 letters: ion, lin, lit, loo, lot, nil, nit, noo, not, oil, oot, til, tin, ton, too. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-l-n-o-o-t-v" | |
+1 letter: violation, volitions. | |
+2 letters: bloviation, involution, violations, volitional. | |
+3 letters: bloviations, involutions, overtoiling. | |
+4 letters: evolutionism, evolutionist, innovational, invocational, involutional, motivational, novelization, valorization, vasodilation, vocalization, voluminosity. | |
+5 letters: antievolution, cocultivation, devolutionist, evolutionisms, evolutionists, nonexploitive, novelizations, overinflation, ovipositional, revolutionise, revolutionist, revolutionize, valorizations, vasodilations, violoncellist, vocalizations, vocationalism, vocationalist. | |
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