volition

Meaning

Noun

• A conscious choice or decision.
• The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
• A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

Origin

• From French volition, from Medieval Latin volitiō ("will, volition"), from Latin volō ("to wish; to want; to mean or intend") (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- ("to choose; to want")) + -tiō (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis ("suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs")).