volitional
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (not comparable, formal) Of or relating to the volition or will.Examples: "Little by little the whole subject population of the world was fitted with the instruments of volitional control. The government was now practically omnipotent."; "Stern and Karl Bühler noticed independently that a child’s first “No” has a volitional meaning and that the significance as a simple denial of fact appears several months afterwards."formalnot-comparable
2. (comparable) Done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles; not accidental.Examples: "A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery."; "“Loving on” someone—whether he likes it or not—posits love as a volitional activity, an act not of passion but of will."Synonyms: deliberatecomparable
3. (grammar, not comparable, of an inflectional class or inflected form) Expressing intention, hortation, supposition, or inclusive invitation.Synonyms: conjectural, hortative, presumptive, tentativenot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary