One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. / The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

(transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. / (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. / (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

Alternative form of will-o'-the-wisp

Ellipsis of where there is a will there is a way.

Alternative form of where there is a will there is a way

If someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found to make it happen.

To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.

(law) A testamentary device wherein the writer of a will creates a trust (usually unfunded at that point), and decrees in the will that property in his estate at the time of his death shall be placed in the trust.

Of a person, lacking volition, not exercising one's will. / Of an action, involuntary. / intestate; without a legal will governing one's property or estate.