intentional
/ɪnˈtɛnʃ(ə)n(ə)l
/adjective
Done on purpose; deliberate: intentional wrongdoing and harm...
- Baker runs at and strikes an opponent in what appears to be a deliberate and intentional act.
- He emphasises that the statutory offence requires a deliberate intentional act.
- It is both intentional and conscious and unintentional and unconscious.
Synonyms
deliberate, calculated, conscious, done on purpose, intended, planned, meant, considered, studied, knowing, wilful, wanton, purposeful, purposive, purposed, premeditated, pre-planned, thought out in advance, prearranged, preconceived, predetermined;
aforethought;
voluntary, volitional
Law, dated prepense
Origin
Mid 16th century (in the sense 'existing only in intention'): from French intentionnel or medieval Latin intentionalis, from Latin intentio(n-), from intendere (see intend).
Rhymes
- unrequital
- unrequited
- unrequitedly
- unrequitedness
- unrequitement
- unrequiter
- unrescinded
- unrescued
- unresearched
- unresemblant
- unresemble
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from strength
- from the (bottom of one's) heart
- from the bottom up
- from the dead
- from the floor
- from the ground up
- from the horse's mouth
- from thence
- from thenceforth
- from the top
- from the (very) first
- from the word go