volition
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Whether a person with a major psychiatric disorder can muster the necessary volition to support such an irreversible decision, and whether doctors can reliably determine that a patient’s condition is irremediable, are major question marks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 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
McCain left her job as co-host of “The View” of her own volition after a contentious stint on the daytime talk show.
From Salon • Sep. 18, 2025
His lawyer had argued that he was betrayed by his deputies who had acted on their own volition and hid their wrongdoing from him.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024
For it was as though I were looking at my own legs for the first time—independent objects that could of their own volition lead me to safety or danger.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Vocabulary lists containing volition
To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Things They Carried
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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