will

Roget category 600

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#600. Will

noun

will, volition, conation^†, velleity — liberum arbitrium [Lat.] — will and pleasure, free will — freedom etc. 748 — discretion — option etc. (choice) 609 — voluntariness^† — spontaneity, spontaneousness — originality.
pleasure, wish, mind — desire — frame of mind etc. (inclination) 602 — intention etc. 620 — predetermination etc. 611 — selfcontrol &c. — determination etc. (resolution) 604 — force of will.

verb

will, list — see fit, think fit — determine etc. (resolve) 604 — enjoin — settle etc. (choose) 609 — volunteer.
have a will of one's own — do what one chooses etc. (freedom) 748 — have it all.
one's own way; have one's will, have one's own way.
use one's discretion, exercise one's discretion — take upon oneself, take one's own course, take the law into one's own hands — do of one's own accord, do upon one's own authority — originate etc. (cause) 153.

adjective

voluntary, volitional, willful — free etc. 748 — optional — discretional, discretionary — volitient^†, volitive^†.
minded etc. (willing) 602 — prepense etc. (predetermined) 611^† — intended etc. 620 — autocratic — unbidden etc. (bid) etc. 741 — spontaneous — original etc. (casual) 153 — unconstrained.

adverb

voluntarily etc. adj. — at will, at pleasure — a volonte [Fr.], a discretion — al piacere [It] — ad libitum, ad arbitrium [Lat.] — as one thinks proper, as it seems good to — a beneplacito [It].
of one's won accord, of one's own free will — proprio motu [Lat.], suo motu [Lat.], ex meromotu [Lat.] — out of one's won head — by choice etc. 609 — purposely etc. (intentionally) 620 — deliberately etc. 611.

phrase

stet pro ratione voluntas [Lat.] — sic volo sic jubeo [Lat.] — a vostro beneplacito [It] — beneficium accipere libertatem est beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere [Lat.] — Deus vult [Lat.] — was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden [G.].

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