VOLITION
Dictionary entry overview: What does volition mean?
• VOLITION (noun)
The noun VOLITION has 2 senses:
1. the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
2. the act of making a choice
Familiarity information: VOLITION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VOLITION (noun)
Meaning:
The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
volition; will
Context example:
the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt
Hypernyms ("volition" is a kind of...):
faculty; mental faculty; module (one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volition"):
velleity (volition in its weakest form)
Meaning:
The act of making a choice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
willing; volition
Context example:
followed my father of my own volition
Hypernyms ("volition" is a kind of...):
choice; option; pick; selection (the act of choosing or selecting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volition"):
intention (an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out)
