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nolition

/nəʊˈlɪʃən/

nolition noun: unwillingness.

Noun

nolition (plural nolitions)

  1. (obsolete) unwillingness.
    • [S]o long as the prayer is fervent, so long the man hath a nolition, and a direct enmity against the lust; he consents not all that while; but when the month is gone, and the prayer is removed, or becomes less active, then the temptation returns, and forages, and prevails, and seizes upon all our...1653, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon V. [The Return of Prayers; or, The Conditions of a Prevailing Prayer.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber...
    Antonyms:
    volition

Antonyms of nolition

Forms of nolition

pluralnolitions

Origin of nolition

Latin nōlō (“not to will, to be unwilling”), patterned after volition from Latin volō.

Questions about nolition

What does nolition mean?
Nolition means unwillingness.
What part of speech is nolition?
Nolition is a noun.
How do you pronounce nolition?
Nolition is pronounced /nəʊˈlɪʃən/.
What is the plural of nolition?
The plural of nolition is nolitions.

Words near nolition in the dictionary

  1. nolinofuroside
  2. nolinospiroside
  3. Nolins
  4. nolisting
  5. NoLIta
  6. nolition
  7. nolitions
  8. noll
  9. nolle prosequi
  10. nolle prosequied
  11. nolle prosequies

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