Vel-lê'i-ty, n.

n. [Fr. velléité, Sp. veleidad, It. velleità, Lat. as if velleitas, from velle, to will, to be willing.] The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.

It quite dispirits religion by placing it in languid, abortive velleities, and so cuts up the nerve of all endeavor. South.