Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; readiness.
- noun Good will; readiness.
- noun Synonyms Forwardness, Willingness. See
forwardness .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
willing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cheerful compliance
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Examples
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Today the term willingness means something different because I am sober and I have had years to work on sobriety and I have shared on a multitude of topics in seven years of meetings.
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His center has been thinking hard about what he calls the "willingness to respond."
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His center has been thinking hard about what he calls the "willingness to respond."
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He also criticized Barack Obama for what he calls a willingness to sit down the Cuban leader Raoul Castro.
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McCain criticized Barack Obama for what he calls a willingness to sit down with Cuban leader Raul Castro.
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Not a strong blocker, lacking technique, but his willingness is there.
USATODAY.com 2005
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She was referring to our willingness to provide Israel with a nuclear umbrella: a pledge to obliterate Iran if it nuked Israel.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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It would require a certain willingness for the President to throw his legislative colleagues under the bus en masse, though: and, really, how likely is that?
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She was referring to our willingness to provide Israel with a nuclear umbrella: a pledge to obliterate Iran if it nuked Israel.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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It is as if there is even a certain willingness to excuse our own Hitlers and Goerings.
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