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Webster 1913 Edition


Volitional

Vo-li′tion-al

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Adj.
Belonging or relating to volition.
“The volitional impulse.”
Bacon.

Definition 2024


volitional

volitional

English

Adjective

volitional (comparative more volitional, superlative most volitional)

  1. done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles.
    1922, James Joyce Ulysses
    • A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery.
  2. done intentionally, not by accident
    Alcoholism : the volitional disease.
  3. (rare) pertaining to volition