Definition for Volition:

• The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.

Synonyms for Volition:

• n.

  •
  • volunteer,
  • be agreeable to something,
  • stand for,
  • do something of your own accord,
  • content yourself with something.
  •choice (noun)
  • desire,
  • discretion,
  • determination,
  • judgment,
  • option,
  • selection,
  • pick,
  • election,
  • preference,
  • alternative,
  • wish.
  •cognition (noun)
  • volition.
  •decision (noun)
  • obstinances,
  • re solutions,
  • purposivenesses,
  • re solves,
  • re-solution,
  • re-solves,
  • re-solutions,
  • re solve,
  • re-solve,
  • iron wills,
  • will powers.
  •design (noun)
  • co-nations,
  • what's cookings,
  • what cooking,
  • co nations,
  • pro positions,
  • de liberations,
  • whats cookings,
  • lay of land,
  • de-signs,
  • pro position,
  • lay the land,
  • de-liberations,
  • de-sign,
  • re-flection,
  • under taking,
  • de sign,
  • what cookings,
  • de liberation,
  • lay land,
  • co nation,
  • whats cooking,
  • re-flections,
  • under-taking,
  • under-takings,
  • re flection,
  • pro-positions,
  • co-nation,
  • re flections,
  • de-liberation,
  • conations,
  • de signs.
  •free will (noun)
  • purpose,
  • willingness,
  • resolution,
  • autocracy,
  • Choosing,
  • spontaneity,
  • responsibility,
  • accord.
  •volition (noun)
  • willing.
  •will (noun)
  • de-crees,
  • self restraint,
  • selfdiscipline,
  • dis-position,
  • willfulnesses,
  • selfdisciplines,
  • selfrestraint,
  • self discipline,
  • dis positions,
  • dis-positions,
  • heart's desires,
  • self-disciplines,
  • heart desires,
  • dis position,
  • self control,
  • de-cree,
  • heart desire,
  • hearts desires,
  • pinings,
  • self disciplines,
  • de cree,
  • de crees.
  •wish (noun)
  • study at will.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • readiness.
  •
  • compliance.
  •
  • stand.

Paraphrases for Volition:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    will.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    discretion, intention, commitment, appreciation, goodwill.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    willingness, willpower, determination, whim, initiative, desire, wish.

Antonyms for Volition:

• n.

  • free will
    aversion, dislike, refusal, rejection, hate, antagonism, hatred.
  • Other antonyms:
    force, obligation, pressure.

Volition Sentence Examples:

• But the unconscious volition of those long trained to duty is stronger than almost any impulse except that of downright fear, and Sister Giovanna stayed where she was, for there was still much to be done.

• It is more than likely that he would have carried out this resolution, and that this whole experience would have become a mere incident in his life history, if his destiny had depended upon his personal volition.

Hypernym for Volition:

• n.

  • cognition
    velleity.

Hyponym for Volition:

• n.

  • cognition
    faculty, mental faculty, module.