What does willingness mean?
Definitions for willingness
will·ing·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
willingnessnoun
cheerful compliance
"he expressed his willingness to help"
Wiktionary
willingnessnoun
The state of being willing
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Willingnessnoun
Consent; freedom from reluctance; ready compliance.
Etymology: from willing.
We praise the things we hear with much more willingness, than those we see; because we envy the present, and reverence the past; thinking ourselves instructed by the one, and overlaid by the other. Ben Jonson.
It is not doing good after that same wonderful manner, that Christ’s example obligeth us unto, but to a like willingness and readiness to do good as far as our power reacheth. Edmund Calamy.
Force never yet a generous mind did gain;
We yield on parley; but are storm’d in vain;
Constraint, in all things, makes the pleasure less,
Sweet is the love which comes with willingness. Dryden.
Wikipedia
willingness
Volition or will is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action. It is defined as purposive striving and is one of the primary human psychological functions. Others include affect (feeling or emotion), motivation (goals and expectations), and cognition (thinking). Volitional processes can be applied consciously or they can be automatized as habits over time. Most modern conceptions of volition address it as a process of conscious action control which becomes automatized (e.g. see Heckhausen and Kuhl; Gollwitzer; Boekaerts and Corno).
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willingness
Willingness refers to the state of being prepared or ready to do something voluntarily without being forced or compelled. It implies an eagerness or openness to undertake a certain task or action. It is an attribute that relies on personal choice, motivation, and interest.
Webster Dictionary
Willingnessnoun
the quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'willingness' in Nouns Frequency: #2718
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of willingness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of willingness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of willingness in a Sentence
That's great, Rod Rosenstein, and I think that's happening. We have seen a willingness, even to a certain extent by the Democrats, starting to come around but it's brutal. It's brutal, as you know better than anybody, it's a tough situation. We need the laws enhanced very substantially and very quickly. Thank you, Rod Rosenstein, very nice.
Economy Minister Peter Altmaier:
The next few days will bring clarity, if the impression arises that there is to-ing and fro-ing, it would damage trust in politics and harm the peoples' willingness to be disciplined and to cooperate.
More and more shoppers expect that costs for goods and services will jump dramatically in the next 12 months, this rapid increase will impact our ability to shop and save, and our willingness to spend at a time when our incomes are outpaced by inflation.
John McCain was left for dead in 2007 and 2008, and look what happened, gov. Christie is very similar to McCain. He has a willingness to tell you things whether you like it or not. He will do the things you need to do to win here, in small groups, in town halls, on the grass-roots level.
The industry has shown a willingness to address and minimize these sorts of issues.
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- رغبةArabic
- ochotaCzech
- Willigkeit, BereitschaftGerman
- προθυμίαGreek
- voluntadSpanish
- halukkuusFinnish
- volontéFrench
- sástachtIrish
- की इच्छाHindi
- kerelaanIndonesian
- נְכוֹנוּתHebrew
- ochota, chęćPolish
- boa vontade, disposiçãoPortuguese
- bunăvoințăRomanian
- готовностьRussian
- gönüllülükTurkish
- готовністьUkrainian
- رUrdu
- 意愿Chinese
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