| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers | | Division (I) Individual Volition | | Section I. Volition in General |
| 1. Acts of Volition |
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| 600. Will. |
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| NOUN: | WILL, volition, conation, volitiency, velleity; liberum arbitrium [L.]; will and pleasure, free will; freedom [See Freedom]; discretion; choice, inclination, intent, purpose, voluntarism; option (choice) [See Choice]; voluntariness; spontaneity, spontaneousness; originality.
WISH, desire, pleasure, mind, frame of mind (inclination) [See Willingness]; intention [See Intention]; predetermination [See Predetermination]; selfcontrol &c. determination (resolution) [See Resolution]; force of will, will power, autocracy, bossiness [colloq., U. S.].
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| VERB: | WILL, list [archaic]; see fit, think fit; determine (resolve) [See Resolution]; enjoin; settle (choose) [See Choice]; volunteer.
HAVE A WILL OF ONE’S OWN; do what one chooses (freedom) [See Freedom]; have it all one’s own way; have one’s will, have one’s own way; use -, exercise- one’s discretion; take -upon oneself, - one’s own course, - the law into one’s own hands; do of one’s own accord, do upon one’s own authority, do upon one’s own responsibility; take responsibility, boss [colloq.], take the bit between one’s teeth; originate (cause) [See Cause].
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| ADJECTIVE: | VOLUNTARY, volitional, willful or wilful; free [See Freedom]; optional; discretional, discretionary; volitient, volitive; volunteer, voluntaristic; dictatorial, bossy [colloq., U. S.].
minded (willing) [See Willingness]; prepense (predetermined) [See Predetermination]; intended [See Intention]; autocratic; unbidden &c. (bid [See Command]); spontaneous; original (causal) [See Cause]; unconstrained.
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| ADVERB: | VOLUNTARILY &c. adj.; at will, at pleasure; à volonté [F.], à discrétion [F.]; al piacere [It.]; ad libitum [L.], ad arbitrium [L.]; as one thinks proper, as it seems good to; a beneplacito [It].
of one’s own -accord, - free will; on one’s own responsibility; proprio -, suo -, ex mero- motu [L.]; out of one’s own head; by choice [See Choice]; purposely (intentionally) [See Intention]; deliberately [See Predetermination].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Stet pro ratione voluntas.
- Sic volo sic jubeo.
- Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere.
- Deus vult.
- Was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden.
- Sir, we know the will is free, and there’s an end on’t.—Johnson
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