Volition
What it means
The power to choose and act through one's own will.
Reach for it when emphasizing a person's conscious choice or exercise of will
Patients retained full personal volition throughout the difficult decision.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
Fits when selection among options is the plain fact
Careful Choice may be trivial or externally constrained.
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everyday
Fits when deliberate mental resolve drives action
Careful Will can mean desire, command, or legal document.
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warm
Fits when firm determination sustains a decision
Careful Resolve concerns persistence after choosing.
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professional
Fits when a planned aim matters more than freedom
Careful Intention can remain unrealized.
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professional
self-determination
Fits when control over major personal decisions is at stake
Careful Self-determination is broader and politically charged.
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formal
Fits when capacity to act independently is central
Careful Agency includes power beyond one choice.
Opposites 3
- coercion
- compulsion
- involuntariness
Common phrases 3
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of her own volition
She joined the review of her own volition.
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act by volition
Participants must act by volition rather than implied pressure.
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power of volition
The policy protects each patient's power of volition.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Commander Keane, Queensland accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated