volition

noun
🔊/vəˈlɪʃn/
🔊/vəʊˈlɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the power to choose something freely or to make your own decisions意志力;自愿选择;自行决断 synonym free will
    • They left entirely of their own volition (= because they wanted to).他们完全是自愿离开的。🔊🔊
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a decision or choice made after deliberation): from French, or from medieval Latin volitio(n-), from volo ‘I wish’.