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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

voluntad

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bo.lunˈtad

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Volition/voʊˈlɪʃ.ən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Renunció por su propia voluntad."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

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

    "She left the organization of her own volition, without any outside pressure."
  2. 2

    An act of making a conscious choice or decision.

    "Stepping forward to take responsibility was a deliberate volition on his part."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'volitio', stemming from 'velle' (to wish, will). It entered the English language in the early 17th century via French, retaining its core philosophical and psychological meaning relating to the power of choosing or willing.

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