🧠volition

Meaning

The power or faculty of using one's will; the act of making a conscious choice.

The faculty or power of using one's will; the power of choosing or determining.

Example Sentences

She signed the agreement of her own volition.

She left the job of her own volition.

Example Expressions

of one's own volition

Synonyms

will, choice, decision, determination, free will, willpower

Entry 1

will, choice, decision, determination, free will

Entry 2

willpower, choice, determination, free will

Antonyms

compulsion, coercion, force

Entry 1

compulsion, coercion, force

Entry 2

force, compulsion, coercion

Collocations

own volition, free volition, act of volition, exercise of volition