Vol`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. volitare, volitatum, to fly to and fro, v.
freq. from volare to fly.] The act of flying; flight. [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
Vo*li"tient (?), a. [See Volition.] Exercising the will; acting from
choice; willing, or having power to will. "What I do, I do volitient,
not obedient." Mrs. Browning.
Vo*li"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. volo I will, velle to will, be willing.
See Voluntary.] 1. The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a
purpose; the exercise of the will.
Volition is the actual exercise of the power the mind has to order the
consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it.
Locke.
Volition is an act of the mind, knowingly exerting that dominion it
takes itself to have over any part of the man, by employing it in, or
withholding it from, any particular action.
Locke.
2. The result of an act or exercise of choosing or willing; a state of
choice.