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will

noun
  1. The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides: volition. See willing
  2. Unwavering firmness of character, action, or will: decidedness, decision, decisiveness, determination, firmness, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, toughness, willpower. See certain, strong
  3. A desire for a particular thing or activity: fancy, liking, mind, pleasure. See like
  4. Unrestricted freedom to choose: discretion, pleasure. See free
verb
  1. To have the desire or inclination to: choose, desire, like 1, please, want, wish. Idioms: have a mind, see fit. See desire
  2. To give (property) to another person after one's death: leave 1. Law: bequeath, devise. See give, law
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