willing

[Will·ing]

The act of making a choice

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Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.

Noun
the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition"

Adjective S.
disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"; "the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak"- Matthew 26:41

Adjective S.
not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced"

Adjective
disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Will

v. t.
Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.

v. t.
Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.

v. t.
Spontaneous; self-moved.


Willing

Will"ing , a. [From Will, v. t.] 1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
With wearied wings and willing feet.
[Fruit] shaken in August from the willing boughs.
2. Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
[They] are held, with his melodious harmony, In willing chains and sweet captivity.
3. Spontaneous; self-moved. [R.]
No spouts of blood run willing from a tree.

Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.

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Usage Examples

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

A great man is always willing to be little.

According to the Jain view, soul is that element which knows, thinks and feels. It is in fact the divine element in the living being. The Jain thinks that the phenomena of knowledge, feeling, thinking and willing are conditioned on something, and that that something must be as real as anything can be.

A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.

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