Word:
Volition
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
The power to make one's own choices, or the act of choosing and making a decision.
Sentences:
1) She resigned from her job of her own volition.
2) Without conscious volition, she backed into the office.
Origin:
From French or Medieval Latin volitio or volo, which means that 'I wish'.
First use:
1615
Synonyms:
accord, autonomy, choice, self-determination, free will, will
Antonyms:
coersion, compulsion, constraint, force, pressure
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