1. Dessein. La volonté de bien faire.
2. Fermeté.
3. Énergie. Faire montre de volonté.
4. (Au pluriel) Testament. Dicter ses dernières volontés.
5. (Au pluriel) Caprices. Faire les volontés d'un enfant.
ETYM French intention, Latin intentio. Related to Intend, Intension.
(Usually plural) The goal with respect to a marriage proposal.
ETYM French, from Latin volo I will, velle to will, be willing. Related to Voluntary.
1. The act of making a choice; SYN. willing.
2. The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; SYN. will.
3. Act of willing; will.
4. In philosophical psychology and the philosophy of mind, the act of willing. Philosophers who hold that mind and body are different substances (dualists) tend to hold that volitions cause actions, while those who hold that mind and body are fundamentally one substance (monists) tend to hold that volitions are inseparable from actions.
ETYM Old Eng. wille, as. willa; akin to OFries. willa, os. willeo, willio, Dutch wil, German wille, Icel. vili, Dan. villie, Swed. vilja, Goth wilja. Related to Will.
1. A fixed and persistent intent or purpose.
2. A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die; SYN. testament.
In law, declaration of how a person wishes his or her property to be disposed of after death. It also appoints administrators of the estate (executors) and may contain wishes on other matters, such as place of burial or use of organs for transplants. Wills must comply with formal legal requirements of the local jurisdiction. Some us states permit people, usually the terminally ill, to specify at what stage they should be allowed to die, in living wills.
Energetic determination. SYN. will power