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primary environment

an environment that is central in one’s life and in which personal or family interactions can be sustained, such as one’s home. See also primary territory. Compare secondary environment.

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will

will

n.

1. the capacity or faculty by which a human being is able to make choices and determine his or her own behaviors in spite of influences external to the person. See free will; volition.

2. a determined and persistent purpose or intent.