as in voluntary
done, made, or given with one's own free will
our office staff made a freewill offering for UNESCO
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as in choice
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions
all of the workers at the homeless shelter are unpaid and are there of their own free will
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Recent Examples of freewill
San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019
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, 30 Apr. 2018
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
This kind of influence is crucial as businesses are locked in a desperate race to defeat the algorithms that pervert our everyday choices and use our own pattern recognition against us to circumscribe our free will.
—Bruce Stockler, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The free community event is sponsored by Spiritual Church of Escondido; freewill offering will be accepted.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019
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, 30 Apr. 2018
Noun
Drawn deeper into an increasingly brutal system, he is forced to confront the limits of his own free will and the true cost of belonging.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
This kind of influence is crucial as businesses are locked in a desperate race to defeat the algorithms that pervert our everyday choices and use our own pattern recognition against us to circumscribe our free will.
—Bruce Stockler, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freewill
Adjective
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The Olathe district approved a voluntary resolution agreement at its Board of Education meeting Thursday, and the superintendent signed it Friday.—
Kendrick Calfee
May 9,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2026
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Angela Onduto, 47, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the 2009 drowning death of her own daughter, posthumously named Matea Esperanza by the police agency that investigated her.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
Noun
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From the looming white-domed oven emerge the flakiest pies, feteer, built of gauzy layers of dough, pressed with ghee and stretched, then folded one inside another around your choice of filling.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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The Taurus Sun sextiles Jupiter in your 4th House of Home, making practical choices around security, family, or resources feel unusually constructive.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Within the past couple of years, the group has become a part of Arrowhead Kingdom, an all-volunteer national network of Chiefs fan groups.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2023
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That’s noteworthy for a show based at a high-school auditorium in Litchfield and run by a staff that is almost entirely volunteer, including the show’s star and its producer.—
Susan Dunne,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2022
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Fidelity’s guidance on finances after divorce warns that neglecting to update beneficiaries on bank and retirement accounts and life insurance policies is a common error, and that those designations can supersede wills and trusts.—
Rebecca L. Palmer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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After the rogue’s gallery is introduced early on, nearly everyone except for Tim, Elliot, and Rebecca fades into the background, although delightfully, Emma Thompson nails her brief comedic role as a brusque solicitor handling George’s last will and testament.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Kolo Muani produced one of his better performances, willing to get on the ball and run at defenders.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Suddenly, solutions feel easier to grasp, as people are more willing to compromise and collaborate.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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“Freewill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freewill. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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