O, öğle yemeğinde zamanında olmak için babasına söz verdi.
- She promised her father to be in time for lunch.
Tom'un yerinde olmak istemem.
- I wouldn't like to be in Tom's shoes.
See here what it says in Wiktionary. So, you were in the wrong about the meaning of that word.
... They're just wrong. ...
... wrong about my first premise, that there was a lack of will. ...