volition
Example Sentences
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They are a family, but they are there of their own volition.
"They have had 15, 20 years in this space to do that of their own volition now, and… it's not enough."
From BBC
Ramaphosa said in a statement that the US had been expected to participate in the G20 meetings, "but unfortunately, it elected not to attend the G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg out of its own volition".
From BBC
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.
McCain left her job as co-host of “The View” of her own volition after a contentious stint on the daytime talk show.
From Salon
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