nolleity

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nolleitās, from nolle (“to be unwilling”) + -ity. Formed on the model of velleity.

noun

  1. The state of being unwilling; nolition.“For the latter, it is true indeed, that for the most part it falls out, that every one that is to be punished is unwilling to undergoe it, and there is an improper nolleity (if I may so speak) in nature, unto the subtracting of any good from it, or the immission of any evill upon it; […]”