volitation

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UK/vɒlɪˈteɪʃən/US/vɑlɪˈteɪʃən/

noun

Flight; flying.

OriginMedieval Latin volitātiō ← Latin volitāre →
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Meanings

nounvolitation (countable and uncountable, plural volitations)

plural volitations

  1. countableuncountableFlight; flying.

    An elliptic flock of pigeons, in circular volitation, soaring gray, flapping white, and then gray again, wheeled across the limpid, pale sky, above the College Library.

    1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 3.6, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 73

Origin

  1. Latinvolitāre
  2. Medieval Latinvolitātiō
  3. Englishvolitation

From Medieval Latin volitātiō, from Latin volitāre.

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APA

volitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volitation

MLA

“volitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volitation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “volitation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volitation.

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