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Classes
Voluntary Powers
Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers
Division 1: Individual Volition
Volition in General
Acts of Volition
Will
Necessity
Willingness
Unwillingness
Resolution
Perseverance
Irresolution
Obstinacy
Tergiversation
Caprice
Choice
Absence of Choice
Rejection
Predetermination
Impulse
Habit (includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence)
Desuetude
Causes of Volition
Motive
Absence of Motive
Dissuasion
Pretext (Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned)
Objects of Volition
Good
Evil
Prospective Volition
Conceptional Volition
Intention
Chance (Absence of purpose in the succession of events)
Pursuit (Purpose in action)
Avoidance (Absence of pursuit)
Relinquishment
Business
Plan
Method (Path)
Mid-course
Circuit
Requirement
Subservience to Ends
Instrumentality
Means
Instrument
Substitute
Materials
Store
Provision
Waste
Sufficiency
Insufficiency
Redundancy
Importance
Unimportance
Utility
Inutility
Expedience (Specific subservience)
Inexpedience
Goodness (Capability of producing good Good qualities)
Badness (Capability of producing evil Bad qualities)
Perfection
Imperfection
Cleanness
Uncleanness
Health
Disease
Salubrity
Insalubrity
Improvement
Deterioration
Restoration
Relapse
Remedy
Bane
Safety
Danger
Refuge (Means of safety)
Pitfall (Source of danger)
Warning
Alarm (Indication of danger)
Preservation
Escape
Deliverance
Precursory Measures
Preparation
Nonpreparation
Essay
Undertaking
Use
Disuse
Misuse
Voluntary Action
Simple Voluntary Action
Action
Inaction
Activity
Inactivity
Haste
Leisure
Exertion
Repose
Fatigue
Refreshment
Agent
Workshop
Complex Voluntary Action
Conduct
Direction
Director
Advice
Council
Precept
Skill
Unskillfulness
Proficient
Bungler
Cunning
Artlessness
Antagonism
Conditional Antagonism
Difficulty
Facility
Active Antagonism
Hindrance
Aid
Opposition
Cooperation
Opponent
Auxiliary
Party
Discord
Concord
Defiance
Attack
Defense
Retaliation
Resistance
Contention
Peace
Warfare
Pacification
Mediation
Submission
Combatant
Arms
Arena
Results of Voluntary Action
Completion
Noncompletion
Success
Failure
Trophy
Prosperity
Adversity
Mediocrity
Division 2: Intersocial Volition
General Intersocial Volition
Authority
Government
Politics . (contention for governmental authority or influence)
Laxity (Absence of authority)
Severity
Lenity
Command
Disobedience
Obedience
Compulsion
Master
Servant
Scepter (Insignia of authority)
Freedom
Subjection
Liberation
Restraint
Prison (Means of restraint)
Keeper
Prisoner
Commission (Vicarious authority)
Abrogation
Resignation
Consignee
Deputy
Special Intersocial Volition
Permission
Prohibition
Consent
Offer
Refusal
Request
Deprecation (Negative request)
Petitioner
Conditional Intersocial Volition
Promise
Release from engagement
Compact
Conditions
Security
Observance
Nonobservance
Compromise
Possessive Relations
Property in General
Acquisition
Loss
Possession
Exemption
Participation (Joint possession)
Possessor
Property
Retention
Relinquishment
Transfer of Property
Transfer
Giving
Receiving
Apportionment
Lending
Borrowing
Taking
Restitution
Stealing
Thief
Booty
Interchange of Property
Barter
Purchase
Sale
Merchant
Merchandise
Mart
Stock Market (specialized markets for financial instruments)
Securities
Monetary Relations
Money
Treasurer
Treasury
Wealth
Poverty
Credit
Debt
Payment
Nonpayment
Expenditure
Receipt
Accounts
Price
Value (intrinsic worth)
Worthlessness
Discount
Dearness
Cheapness
Liberality
Economy
Greed (excessive desire)
Prodigality
Parsimony