Definition of Nolition

1. n. Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.

Definition of Nolition

1. Noun. Adverse action of will; unwillingness. ¹

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Definition of Nolition

1. unwillingness [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nolition

noizuyo-e
nojirimycin
nol-pros
nol-prossed
nol-prosses
nol-prossing
nol. pros.
nol pros
nolanite
nolde
nole
nolens volens
noles
noli-me-tangere
noli illegitimi carborundum
nolition (current term)
nolitions
noll
nolle pros
nolle prosequi
nolle prosequied
nolle prosequies
nolle prosequing
nolle prosequis
nolleity
nollies
nolls
nolo
nolo contendere

Literary usage of Nolition

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of James Arminius, D. D., Formerly Professor of Divinity in the by Jacobus Arminius (1853)
"respect to the former, it will be volition; in respect to the latter, it will be nolition, concerning the same object, ami the contrary. ..."

2. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"But because in some cases a moral revocation may be like an ineffective resolution, therefore besides the inward nolition or hating of the sin, ..."

3. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor...: With an Essay by Jeremy Taylor (1851)
"Now because that which is done, cannot naturally be made undone, it must morally ; that is, it must be revoked by an act of nolition, and hatred of it, ..."

4. The Mind of the Child: Observations Concerning the Mental Development of the by William T. Preyer (1898)
"As soon as the inhibition or nolition passes away, movement appears again, in case the antecedents of it in the brain have not in the mean ..."

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