will
noun
what someone wants to happen
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Willingness and to be willing
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
show willing
to show that you are willing to do something
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
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
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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