volia

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воля (volja).

Noun

volia (uncountable)

  1. In Russian contexts: freedom; lack of restraint or constriction.
    • 1995, Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, The Slave Soul of Russia, page 198:
      The new restrictions being placed on the bride added up to a loss of her former “volia”.
    • 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society, published 2013, page 115:
      The educated classes had always feared that a peasant volia would soon degenerate into anarchic licence and violent revenge against figures of authority.
    • 2001, Geoffrey Hosking, Russia and the Russians, page 229:
      Their integration into the imperial army was causing concern and resentment among the rank and file, who feared losing their volia and their participatory institutions.

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Verb

volia

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of voler

Fijian

Verb

volia

  1. to buy, to purchase
  2. to redeem, to ransom
  3. to compensate
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