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Is volition a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word volition is a Scrabble US word. The word volition is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is volition a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word volition is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

V4O1L1I1T1I1O1N1

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Yes. The word volition is a Words With Friends word. The word volition is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

VOLITION,

6-letter words (2 found)

LOTION,VIOLIN,

5-letter words (4 found)

INTIL,NOOIT,OVOLI,VOLTI,

4-letter words (23 found)

INTI,INTO,LINO,LINT,LION,LOIN,LOON,LOOT,LOTI,LOTO,NOIL,NOLO,OINT,OLIO,ONTO,OONT,TOIL,TOOL,TOON,VINO,VINT,VIOL,VOLT,

3-letter words (19 found)

ION,LIN,LIT,LOO,LOT,NIL,NIT,NOO,NOT,OIL,ONO,OON,OOT,TIL,TIN,TON,TOO,VIN,VOL,

2-letter words (11 found)

IN,IO,IT,LI,LO,NO,OI,ON,OO,TI,TO,

You can make 60 words from volition according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of volition

volition

Etymology

From French volition, from Medieval Latin volitiō (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tiō (“suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (“suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /voʊˈlɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: vo‧li‧tion

Noun

volition (countable and uncountable, plural volitions)

  1. A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.]
  2. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
  3. (linguistics) A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

Derived terms

  • volitional
  • volitionally

Related terms

  • voluntarism
  • voluntarist
  • volunteer

Translations

Further reading

  • volition (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • volition (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • volition (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “volition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “volition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin volitiōnem (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish, to will”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔ.li.sjɔ̃/

Noun

volition f (plural volitions)

  1. (philosophy, psychology) volition

See also

  • volonté

Further reading

  • “volition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org