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volition

voh li shuhn

  • n  the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
    the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith
  • n  the act of making a choice
    followed my father of my own volition

  • Few are leaving the company on their own volition; perhaps this is an undeclared layoff that is happening over here.
  • Why should we have sympathy for a person who cheated the cricket world, even if he has confessed about his match fixing on his own volition?
  • During war, the less powerful countries will have to be in the sphere of the powerful countries by force or volition.
Quotes

  • Bertie Ahern in PerthNow
    Having reflected on the need to ensure that the work of my ministerial colleagues is not distracted by incessant publicity about the tribunal, I have decided of my own volition to bring forward that date,Mr Ahern said. "I know in my heart...
  • Antonio Taguba in Local6.com
    I believe (the guards) did it of their own volition,Taguba said. "I believe that they did it in collaboration with lower-level MI (military intelligence) interrogators."
  • Pervez Musharraf in Sify
    Describing the ground ringed by numerous buildings as a "vulnerable place," Musharraf said: "This time she went of her volition, ignoring the threat."

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