From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwillpowerwill‧pow‧er /ˈwɪlˌpaʊə $ -ˌpaʊr/ noun [uncountable]DETERMINEDthe ability to control your mind and body in order to achieve something that you want to do
It took all his willpower to remain calm.Examples from the Corpuswillpower• After that, it was all willpower and the result was an extraordinaryrecovery.• The jersey, which was extra small, had shoulderstraps that were hanging on by surfacetension and willpower.• He recently kicked a lifetimehabit as a chainsmoker, a typical example of the famous MacSharry willpower, say observers.• Mind over matter, willpower over reality.• It takes a lot of willpower to give up smoking.• Losing weight is largely a matter of willpower.• More importantly, once we start nibblingnaughty things our willpowerslides down a very slipperyslope.• She made herself get better by sheerwillpower, when everyone else had given up hope.• Some children may be submissive to this approach while others fight back and will not have their willpower broken.• She was using willpower on us.
