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volition

[voh-lish-uhn, vuh-] / voʊˈlɪʃ ən, və- /


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They are a family, but they are there of their own volition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

He went back to pick them up, sliding them onto her feet so it looked as though she had been fully dressed when she got into the car, of her own volition.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

In that case the BBC understands a doctor did return to work under their own volition.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

Like his character, washed-up Formula One racer Sonny Hayes, Pitt is returning to the grandest version of this race by his own volition, with his own set of rules.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

Rolling upward, he thought, like the stones; I am doing what stones do, without volition.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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