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Conation

The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

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The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

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Word	Definition
conductnoun	Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
commandnoun	An order to do something.
conductionnoun	(physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
conceptionnoun	The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
conc.noun	Abbreviation of concentration. [The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.]
concitationnoun	(archaic) Rousing, stirring up; excitement, agitation.
conatusnoun	An effort, an endeavour, a striving.
concipiencynoun	conception; conceiving
conusancenoun	(law, obsolete) Cognizance.
concretionnoun	A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
incitationnoun	The act of inciting or moving to action.
concentrationnoun	The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
compulsionnoun	An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
imperationnoun	The action of governing or commanding; governance.
tactionnoun	The sense of touch.
compellencenoun	The act of compelling.
conqueringnoun	An act of conquest.
forcementnoun	(obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
commandmentnoun	(religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
incitementnoun	A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

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