willingness

Roget category 602

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

#602. Willingness

noun

willingness, voluntariness etc. adj.^† — willing mind, heart.
disposition, inclination, leaning, animus — frame of mind, humor, mood, vein — bent etc. (turn of mind) 820 — penchant etc. (desire) 865 — aptitude etc. 698.
docility, docibleness^† — persuasibleness^†, persuasibility^† — pliability etc. (softness) 324.
geniality, cordiality — goodwill — alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness — eagerness etc. (desire) 865.
asset etc. 488 — compliance etc. 762 — pleasure etc. (will) 600 — gratuitous service.
labor of love — volunteer, volunteering.

verb

be willing etc. adj. — incline, lean to, mind, propend — had as lief — lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear — have a half a mind to, have a great mind to — hold to, cling to — desire etc. 865.
see fit, think good, think proper — acquiesce etc. (assent) 488 — comply with etc. 762.
swallow the bait, nibble at the bait — gorge the hook — have no scruple of, make no scruple of — make no bones of — jump at, catch at — meet halfway — volunteer.

adjective

willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable — favorably-minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed — nothing loth — in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind.
ready, forward, earnest, eager — bent upon etc. (desirous) 865 — predisposed, propense^†.
docile — persuadable, persuasible — suasible^†, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going — tractable etc. (pliant) 324 — genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty — content etc. (assenting) 488.
voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous — unasked etc. (ask) etc. 765 — unforced etc. (free) 748.

adverb

willingly etc. adj. — fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul — with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms — with good will, with right will — de bonne volonte [Fr.], ex animo [Lat.] — con amore [It], heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord, graciously, with a good grace.
a la bonne heure [Fr.] — by all means, by all manner of means — to one's heart's content — yes etc. (assent) 488.

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