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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