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volia

volia noun: freedom; lack of restraint or constriction.

Noun

volia (uncountable)

  1. freedom; lack of restraint or constriction.
    • The new restrictions being placed on the bride added up to a loss of her former “volia”.1995, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, The Slave Soul of Russia, page 198
    • The educated classes had always feared that a peasant volia would soon degenerate into anarchic licence and violent revenge against figures of authority.1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 115
  2. liberty; independence, the right of individuals to choose their own goals.
    • Volia, as longing for freedom – freedom of thoughts, beliefs, and acts – is what helped to form and preserve the Ukrainian nation.2023, What is volia, the Ukrainian superpower, that keeps us going?
    • The history of Ukrainian resistance stands as a vivid example of the expression of volia.2024, Oksana Voytko, Volia — collective concept, most often translated as Freedom

Forms of volia

alternative formvolya

Origin of volia

Borrowed from Russian во́ля (vólja) or Ukrainian во́ля (vólja).

Questions about volia

What does volia mean?
Volia means freedom; lack of restraint or constriction.
What part of speech is volia?
Volia is a noun.

Words near volia in the dictionary

  1. volhvs
  2. volhvy
  3. Volhynia
  4. Volhynian
  5. Volhynians
  6. volia
  7. Volin
  8. volinanserin
  9. voling
  10. volipresence
  11. volitable

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