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will

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the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
volition

source: wordnet30
a fixed and persistent intent or purpose(noun.cognition)

Example:
Where there's a will there's a way.

source: wordnet30
a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die(noun.communication)

Synonym:
testament

source: wordnet30
The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.(noun)

source: webster1913

decree or ordain(verb.communication)

Example:
God wills our existence.

source: wordnet30
determine by choice(verb.cognition)

Example:
This action was willed and intended.

source: wordnet30
leave or give by will after one's death(verb.possession)

Synonym:
bequeath, leave
Antonym:
disinherit, disown

source: wordnet30
To wish; to desire; to incline to have.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.(verb)

source: webster1913
To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.(verb)

source: webster1913
To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.(verb)

source: webster1913

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