Is there another word for will?

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Main Entry:will  [wil] Show IPA

Part of Speech:nounDefinition:personal choiceSynonyms:aim, appetite, attitude, character, conviction,craving, decision, decisiveness, decree, design,desire, determination, discipline, discretion,disposition, fancy, feeling, hankering, heart'sdesire, inclination, intention, liking, longing,mind, option, passion, pining, pleasure, power,preference, prerogative, purpose, resolution,resolve, self-control, self-discipline, self-restraint, temperament, urge, velleity, volition,willfulness, willpower, wish, wishes, yearning

Main Entry:willPart of Speech:verbDefinition:causeSynonyms:authorize, bid, bring about, command, decideon, decree, demand, determine, direct, effect,enjoin, exert, insist, intend, ordain, order,request, resolve

Main Entry:willPart of Speech:verbDefinition:chooseSynonyms:be inclined, crave, desire, elect, have a mindto, incline, like, opt, please, prefer, see fit,want, wishAntonyms:neglect, pass

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Main Entry:willPart of Speech:verbDefinition:give, bequeath to anotherSynonyms:bequest, confer, cut off, devise, disherit,disinherit, leave, legate, pass on, probate,transferAntonyms:keep, receiveRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition

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Concept:Will.Category:1. Acts of volitionSynonyms:-nouns

will, volition, conation, velleity; liberumarbitrium; will and pleasure, free will;freedom; discretion; option (choice);voluntariness; spontaneity, spontaneousness;originality., pleasure, wish, mind; desire;frame of mind (inclination); intention;predetermination; self-control, determination(resolution) [more]; force of will.

-verbs

will, list; see fit, think fit; determine (resolve);enjoin; settle (choose); volunteer., have a willof one's own; do what one chooses (freedom);have it all one's own way; have one's will,have one's own way., use one's discretion,exercise one's discretion; take upon oneself,take one's own course, take the law into one'sown hands; do of one's own accord, do uponone's own authority; originate (cause).

-adjectives

voluntary, volitional, willful; free; optional;discretional, discretionary; volitient, volitive.,minded (willing); prepense (predetermined);intended; autocratic; unbidden (bid [more]);spontaneous; original (casual); unconstrained.

-adverbs

voluntarily; at will, at pleasure; a volonte, adiscretion; al piacere; ad libitum, ad arbitrium;as one thinks proper, as it seems good to; abeneplacito., of one's own accord, of one's ownfree will; proprio motu, suo motu, exmeromotu; out of one's own head; by choice;purposely (intentionally); deliberately.

-phrases

stet pro ratione voluntas; sic volo sic jubeo; avostro beneplacito; beneficium acciperelibertatem est vendere; Deus vull; was mannicht kann meiden muss man wilig leiden.

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Main Entry:backbonePart of Speech:nounDefinition:strength of characterSynonyms:courage, determination, firmness, fortitude,grit, guts, hardihood, heart, intestinal fortitude,mettle, moral fiber, nerve, pluck, resolution,resolve, spunk, stamina, steadfastness,tenacity, toughness, will, willpowerAntonyms:ineptness, powerlessness, spinelessness,weakness

Main Entry:bequeathPart of Speech:verbDefinition:give in a willSynonyms:bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant,hand down, hand on, impart, leave, leave to,legate, pass on, transmit, willAntonyms:take

Main Entry:choosePart of Speech:verbDefinition:pick, selectSynonyms:accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt,commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on,designate, desire, determine, discriminatebetween, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse,excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to,finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice,make decision, make up one's mind, name, optfor, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, setaside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort,tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will ,winnow, wish, wish forNotes:choose means to pick out or select from anumber of alternatives, while chose is the pasttense of choose

Main Entry:commandPart of Speech:nounDefinition:directive, instructionSynonyms:act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call,canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment,decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation,dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment,exaction, Fiat, imperative, imposition,injunction, interdiction, law, mandate,notification, obligation, order, ordinance,precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition,proscription, regulation, request, requirement,requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena,summons, ultimatum, warrant, will , word, writAntonyms:contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall,reversal, revocationRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition

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