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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
velleity /vɛˈliːɪti/

▶noun (pl. velleities) formal a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.

– origin C17: from med. L. velleitas, from L. velle ‘to wish’.

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