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volens

volens adjective: in the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk.

Adjective

volens (not comparable)

  1. In the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk.
    • A man who unwillingly performs dangerous work because he would otherwise lose his employment is not volens. A man does not act voluntarily unless he acts free from legal or moral compulsion.1889, The Law Reports: Appeal cases before the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, also peerage cases, volume 14, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page 182

Origin of volens

From Latin volens (literally “wishing, willing”).

Questions about volens

What does volens mean?
Volens means in the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk.
What part of speech is volens?
Volens is an adjective.

Words near volens in the dictionary

  1. volemia
  2. volemic
  3. volemitol
  4. volency
  5. Volendam
  6. volens
  7. volent
  8. volentary
  9. volepox
  10. voleries
  11. volery

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