counter will, n.Definitions

The Counter-will (n.) works ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠best in secret: acting through a lapse it always gets its way, where an open refusal would be overruled.

Counter-will (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be transferred: Freud forgot four days running to buy blotting paper — “Fliesspapier” — while worried about his friend Fliess.

Counter-will (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the unavowed motive behind every forgotten intention — a demonstration against a constraint one has not quite stopped resisting.