freewill

free·will

adj \ˈfrē-ˌwil\

Definition of FREEWILL

: voluntary, spontaneous

Examples of FREEWILL

1. <a freewill confession of guilt made by the suspect during police interrogation>
2. <our office staff made a freewill offering for UNESCO>

First Known Use of FREEWILL

1535

Related to FREEWILL

Synonyms: conscious, deliberate, intended, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting

Antonyms: nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional

Related Words: designed, planned; conscious; advised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighed; premeditated, premeditative, prepense; discretionary, elective, optional, volunteer

Near Antonyms: inadvertent, unwitting; accidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, random; aimless, desultory, purposeless; abrupt, impetuous, sudden; coerced, forced, involuntary; compulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required; casual; extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated

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Rhymes with FREEWILL

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