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intentional adjective [ ɪnˈtɛnʃ(ə)n(ə)l ]

• done on purpose; deliberate.
• "intentional wrongdoing and harm"
Similar: 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, prepense,
Opposite: unintentional, accidental,
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).


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