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Willingness and to be willing

will

noun

what someone wants to happen

volition

noun

the power or ability to decide something by yourself and to take action to get what you want. A more usual word is will

volunteer

noun

someone who offers to do something without being forced

be agreeable to something

to be willing to do or accept something

be only too glad/pleased/happy (to do something)

to be very willing to do something

content yourself with something

to be willing to accept what you have, although you would prefer to have something else

readiness

noun

the state of being willing to do something

do something of your own accord

to do something without being asked, forced, or helped by someone else

stand for

to be willing to accept something that someone does

will

noun

an ability to make decisions and take action

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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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