Effect
Willpower
Willpower noun - The power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Roam takes a different tack; instead of resisting the effect, he gives into it, transforming into an eagle but retaining his mind and self-control, again by sheer willpower.
Source: Heroic Willpower - To save time, the comic adaptation has Link resist the effect by banishing all darkness from his heart by sheer willpower.
Source: Heroic Willpower - Subverted hilariously in Mass Effect 2, when Morinth suggests that since Shepard has the willpower to resist her attempts to enthrall them, they may have the willpower to resist her mind-frying Death by Sex.
Source: Heroic Willpower
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