will-less

will-less
will-lessly, adv.will-lessness, n.
/wil"lis/, adj.
1. having or exerting no will: a timid, will-less little man.
2. done or occurring without the will; involuntary: a will-less compliance.
3. leaving no will; intestate: to die will-less.
[1740-50]

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