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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of making a choice;
- Example: "followed my father of my own volition"
[syn: volition, willing]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. disposed or inclined toward;
- Example: "a willing participant"
- Example: "willing helpers"

2. not brought about by coercion or force;
- Example: "the confession was uncoerced"
[syn: uncoerced, unforced, willing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Will \Will\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Willed; p. pr. & vb. n. Willing. Indic. present I will, thou willeth, he wills; we, ye, they will.] [Cf. AS. willian. See Will, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree. "What she will to do or say." --Milton. [1913 Webster] By all law and reason, that which the Parliament will not, is no more established in this kingdom. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Two things he [God] willeth, that we should be good, and that we should be happy. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster] They willed me say so, madam. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Send for music, And will the cooks to use their best of cunning To please the palate. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] As you go, will the lord mayor . . . To attend our further pleasure presently. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster] 3. To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Willing \Will"ing\, a. [From Will, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready. [1913 Webster] Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. --Acts xxiv. 27. [1913 Webster] With wearied wings and willing feet. --Milton. [1913 Webster] [Fruit] shaken in August from the willing boughs. --Bryant. [1913 Webster] 2. Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired. [1913 Webster] [They] are held, with his melodious harmony, In willing chains and sweet captivity. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Spontaneous; self-moved. [R.] [1913 Webster] No spouts of blood run willing from a tree. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

willing adj 1: disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers" [ant: unwilling] 2: not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced" [syn: uncoerced, unforced, willing] n 1: the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition" [syn: volition, willing]