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volition: the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition"; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith

free will collapse: the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

selection collapse: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

election collapse: the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"; a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"; the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists); the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

decision collapse: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"; a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"; the outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row"; (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent"

intention collapse: an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out; "my intention changed once I saw her"; (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal; "his intentions are entirely honorable"

liking collapse: a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"

pleasure collapse: sexual gratification; "he took his pleasure of her"; an activity that affords enjoyment; "he puts duty before pleasure"; a formal expression; "he serves at the pleasure of the President"; a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure"

preference collapse: grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties); the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"; a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

choice collapse: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"; the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"; of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"; appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"

lust collapse: self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)

appetite collapse: a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks

objective collapse: the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed; belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "objective benefits"; "an objective example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind"; undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"; emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; "objective art"; serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings"

discretion collapse: the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"; knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"; freedom to act or judge on one's own

will collapse: a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way"; a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die; determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended"; have in mind; "I will take the exam tomorrow"; decree or ordain; "God wills our existence"

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