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Princeton's WordNet

  1. volitionaladjective

    with deliberate intention

    "a volitional act"

Wiktionary

  1. volitionaladjective

    done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles.

  2. volitionaladjective

    done intentionally, not by accident

    Alcoholism : the volitional disease.

  3. volitionaladjective

    pertaining to volition

  4. Etymology: From Latin volitio, from velle, to wish.

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  1. volitional

    Volitional refers to the power or faculty of choosing, making decisions, or exercising one's will. It pertains to actions done deliberately and consciously, based on one's free will or the act of making a choice.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Volitionaladjective

    belonging or relating to volition

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of volitional in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of volitional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of volitional in a Sentence

  1. James Joyce:

    A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

  2. James Joyce:

    A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

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