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counterwill

counterwill noun: the instinctive resistance to any coercion.

Noun

counterwill (countable and uncountable, plural counterwills)

  1. The instinctive resistance to any coercion.
    Synonyms:
    countervolition

Verb

counterwill (third-person singular simple present counterwills, present participle counterwilling, simple past and past participle counterwilled)

  1. To express such resistance.

Synonyms of counterwill

Forms of counterwill

Noun
pluralcounterwills
Verb
third-person singular presentcounterwills
present participlecounterwilling
past participlecounterwilled
pastcounterwilled

Origin of counterwill

counter- + will

Questions about counterwill

What does counterwill mean?
Counterwill means the instinctive resistance to any coercion.
What part of speech is counterwill?
Counterwill can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of counterwill?
The plural of counterwill is counterwills.

Words near counterwill in the dictionary

  1. counterweights
  2. counterwheel
  3. counterwheeled
  4. counterwheeling
  5. counterwheels
  6. counterwill
  7. counterwilled
  8. counterwilling
  9. counterwills
  10. counterwind
  11. counterwinds

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