I very much hope that I did not pressure him, but that he came with us of his own volition.
Source: tatoeba (1938923)
Volition
//vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n//
Synonyms for "volition" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
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Related words (23)
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13 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- воля noun (conscious choice or decision)
- воля noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 意志 noun (conscious choice or decision)
- 意志力 noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- 決斷 /决断 noun (conscious choice or decision)
Dutch
2 entries- wil noun (conscious choice or decision)
- wilskracht noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Finnish
3 entries- päätös noun (conscious choice or decision)
- tahto noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- valinta noun (conscious choice or decision)
French
2 entries- volonté noun (conscious choice or decision)
- énergie noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Galician
1 entries- vontade noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Georgian
4 entries- ნება noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- ნებასურვილი noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- საწადელი noun (conscious choice or decision)
- სურვილი noun (conscious choice or decision)
German
3 entries- Vorsatz noun (conscious choice or decision)
- Wille noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- Willenskraft noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Hungarian
4 entries- akarat noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- akarás noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- elhatározás noun (conscious choice or decision)
- szándék noun (conscious choice or decision)
Indonesian
2 entries- kehendak noun (conscious choice or decision)
- kemauan noun (conscious choice or decision)
Italian
4 entries- arbitrio noun (conscious choice or decision)
- volitività noun (conscious choice or decision)
- volizione noun (conscious choice or decision)
- volontà noun (conscious choice or decision)
Japanese
3 entries- 意志 noun (conscious choice or decision)
- 意志力 noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- 決断 noun (conscious choice or decision)
Korean
1 entries- 의지력 noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Polish
1 entries- wola noun (conscious choice or decision)
Portuguese
3 entries- volição noun (conscious choice or decision)
- volição noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- vontade noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Russian
1 entries- воля noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Spanish
4 entries- albedrío noun (conscious choice or decision)
- albedrío noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- volición noun (conscious choice or decision)
- volición noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Swedish
2 entries- vilja noun (conscious choice or decision)
- vilja noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Thai
2 entries- ความจงใจ noun (conscious choice or decision)
- สัญเจตนา noun (conscious choice or decision)
Turkish
2 entries- istenç; irade noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
- seçim; karar noun (conscious choice or decision)
Ukrainian
1 entries- воління noun (conscious choice or decision)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ý chí noun (mental power or ability of choosing)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Despite my parents' preference, I have decided to attend an out-of-state college on my own volition.
Source: tatoeba (5951125)
To live in love for action and to let live in the understanding of another person's volition is the fundamental maxim of free human beings.
Source: tatoeba (6963099)
Mary had gone to the police of her own volition.
Source: tatoeba (6963112)
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