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Noun: velleity  vu'lee-u-tee or ve'lee-i-tee
  1. Volition in its weakest form
    "His velleity to exercise rarely translated into action"
     
  2. A mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain
    "His velleity to learn a new language never translated into actual study"

Derived forms: velleities

Type of: volition, want, will, wish, wishing

Encyclopedia: Velleity