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Synonyms & Antonyms of voluntary
1
done, made, or given with one's own free will
- a voluntary contribution to the school's fund-raising drive
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2
subject to one's freedom of choice
- participation in the resort's recreational activities is strictly voluntary
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3
made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing
- the legal distinctions between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter
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- conscious,
- deliberate,
- intended,
- intentional,
- knowing,
- purposeful,
- purposive,
- set,
- willed,
- willful
- (or wilful),
- witting
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The first known use of voluntary was in the 15th century
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