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Velleity

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Noun

1. velleity

a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain

2. velleity

volition in its weakest form

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Velleity

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noun plural -ties rare
1. 
the weakest level of desire or volition
2. 
a mere wish

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Velleity

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nounWord forms: plural velˈleities
1. 
the weakest kind of desire or volition
2. 
a mere wish that does not lead to the slightest action

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Velleity

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n. pl. vel·le·i·ties
1. Weak desire or volition.
2. A slight or weak wish or inclination: "He felt cast out ... divorced from the caprices and the velleities of childhood" (Anita Brookner).

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