unconditionalityn.
/ˌʌnkənˌdɪʃəˈnalᵻti/, /ˌʌŋkənˌdɪʃəˈnalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənkənˌdɪʃəˈnælədi/ The quality of being unconditional.
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the mind > will > free will > [noun]
freedomeOE
free will1340
arbitryc1374
advisementa1398
freedom of will?c1400
liberty?c1400
wilfulnessc1460
liberal arbitre?1483
contingencec1530
indifferencya1555
contingency1561
freedom of thought1591
self-willingness1591
volunt1611
voluntariness1643
uncommandedness1646
autexousy1678
volency1686
inconditionality1696
unconditionalitya1714
indifference1728
volition1738
vacancy1754
voluntarity1794
autonomy1803
unconditionalness1843
unconditionedness1854
a1714 M. Henry Treat. Baptism ii, in Wks. (1853) I. 509/1 Those who speak so much of free grace, and the unconditionality of the gospel covenant.
1811–31 J. Bentham Fragm. Univ. Gram. in Wks. (1843) VIII. 355/2 The verb at large, considered independently of..conditionality and unconditionality.
1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent iv. 38 The reality of the thesis is almost a condition of its unconditionality.
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