free will

free will

noun

Definition of FREE WILL

1

: voluntary choice or decision <I do this of my own free will>

2

: freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention

Examples of FREE WILL

1. He argues that all humans have free will.
2. <all of the workers at the homeless shelter are unpaid and are there of their own free will>

First Known Use of FREE WILL

13th century

Related to FREE WILL

Synonyms

accord, autonomy, choice, self-determination, volition, will

Related Words

election, preference, selection; bent, devices, disposition, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency; alternative, discretion, option, pick, way

Near Antonyms

coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, force, pressure

Rhymes with FREE WILL

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