volition

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Whether a person with a major psychiatric disorder can muster the necessary volition to support such an irreversible decision, and whether doctors can reliably determine that a patient’s condition is irremediable, are major question marks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

He went back to pick them up, sliding them onto her feet so it looked as though she had been fully dressed when she got into the car, of her own volition.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

Like his character, washed-up Formula One racer Sonny Hayes, Pitt is returning to the grandest version of this race by his own volition, with his own set of rules.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

Nielsen and Goss left of their own volition.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

True followers are bestowed by themselves, out of their own volition and emotions.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey