freewill
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Synonyms & Antonyms for freewill
Synonyms: Adjective
self-imposed, uncoerced, unforced, volitional, voluntary, volunteer, willing
Synonyms: Noun
accord, autonomy, choice, self-determination, volition, will
Antonyms: Adjective
coerced, compelled, forced, involuntary, nonvoluntary, unwilled, will-less
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Examples of freewill in a Sentence
Adjective
a freewill confession of guilt made by the suspect during police interrogation our office staff made a freewill offering for UNESCONoun
He argues that all humans have free will. all of the workers at the homeless shelter are unpaid and are there of their own free will
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Admission for the event sponsored by the Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Library is free; freewill donations will be accepted for musicians. — Linda Mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Local Marines receive scholarships from Kiwanis ... community events," 30 Apr. 2018 There is no charge for this concert; freewill donations for musicians are encouraged. — Linda Mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Hand-to-Hand gives 39K in local grants," 9 Apr. 2018 The series’ third and final concert holds chamber works by French composers of Les Six. 4 p.m. Sunday, Southminster Presbyterian Church, 916 E. Central Road, Arlington Heights; freewill donation; 847-902-0733. — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "Recommended Chicago-area classical music concerts," 1 June 2017 Freewill offerings will benefit the Georgetown Ministry Center, which aids service-resistant, chronically homeless individuals and advocates for the homeless. — Gerri Marmer, Washington Post, "Religion events from around the Washington area," 5 May 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
And now comes the classic Vonnegut subject of free will, expressed as a comic science-fiction device. — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, "What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now," 13 June 2019 Nick Shadow, the devil, is chained to hell, to show his lack of free will. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Review: Stravinsky's exceedingly slow ‘Rake's Progress’ from West Hollywood to Ojai," 7 June 2019 Pakistani media have cited the girls as claiming they were married of their own free will. — Munir Ahmed, The Seattle Times, "Pakistan places 2 Hindu girls in protection after conversion," 26 Mar. 2019 The new season gives them an upgrade — free will — which provides their stories actual stakes and elevates them from mere victims. — James Poniewozik, New York Times, "Review: ‘Westworld’ Gets a Partial Upgrade for Season 2," 18 Apr. 2018 But Sabrina—who lost both parents in a mysterious accident and was raised by her aunts—has some lingering doubts, particularly about preserving her free will. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," 18 Dec. 2018 In times where algorithms make most of our decisions for us, one individual will entirely give up their free will for a day, to be guided by a large crowd of users through an epic quest to defeat an evil AI. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "For Halloween This Year, MIT Is Letting the Internet Control a Person," 29 Oct. 2018 These contemporary concerns echo those of theologians in the Middle Ages, who were troubled by God’s knowledge of the future, which seemed to limit our free will. — Rabbi David Wolpe, Time, "Why We Shouldn't Be So Sure of Our Predictions About the Future," 20 Apr. 2018 On the night of Halloween, the most scary thing will be giving up your free will, your agency, your persona. — Shannon Liao, The Verge, "MIT Media Lab will let the internet control a human’s actions for one Halloween evening," 26 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'freewill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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