Sekirov Dictionary

voluntary

UK /ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/US /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/

adjective 5
noun 3
adverb 1
forms 4

adjective5

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Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
- September 10, 1828, Nathaniel William Taylor, Sermon delivered in the Chapel of Yale College That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
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Working or done without payment.
- Wikimedia is a voluntary service.
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Done by design or intention; intentional.
- If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
Of or relating to voluntarism.
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Endowed with the power of willing.
- […] God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary agent, intending before-hand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him. — 1594

noun3

A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
A volunteer.
A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.

adverb1

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(no longer used) Voluntarily.
- And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...]. — 1590

forms

voluntaries · more voluntary · most voluntary · voluntariest

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