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    volition
    vo‧li‧tion /vəˈlɪʃən $ voʊ-, və-/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: Medieval Latin volitio, from Latin velle; ⇨ voluntary1
    1. of your own volition formal if you do something of your own volition, you do it because you want to, not because you are forced to:
        Helena left the company of her own volition.
    2. formal the power to choose or decide something without being forced to do it:
        She was without her own volition.