VOLUNTARY
\vˈɒləntəɹi], \vˈɒləntəɹi], \v_ˈɒ_l_ə_n_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of VOLUNTARY
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who freely enlists for (military) service
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of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"
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controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles"
By Princeton University
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Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.
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Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free.
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Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
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Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
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Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration.
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One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.
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A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.
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One who advocates voluntaryism.
By Oddity Software
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Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.
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Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free.
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Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
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Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
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Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration.
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One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.
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A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.
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One who advocates voluntaryism.
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Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to the will; acting from choice or free will; intentional; as, the act of offense was voluntary, not accidental; not forced; as, his confession of guilt was voluntary; free; of one's own accord; controlled by one's own will or choice.
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An organ solo played before, during, or after, a church service; any organ prelude.
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Voluntarily.
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Voluntariness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Voluntarily.
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Voluntariness.
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Willing: acting by choice: free: proceeding from the will: subject to the will: done by design or without compulsion.
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One who does anything of his own free will: a piece of music played at will.
By Daniel Lyons
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Voluntarily.
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Voluntariness.
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Unconstrained; intentional; volitional; free.
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Possessing or exercising will.
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Subject to will, as a muscle or movement.
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Any work or performance not compelled.
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An organ solo before, during, or after a religious service.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Acting by choice, without being influenced or impelled by another; free, or not being under restraint; proceeding from choice or free will; acting with willingness; done with design; done freely; spontaneous; subject to the will; pertaining to voluntaryism.
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One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer; one who maintains that the Church should be independent of the State and supported solely by the free-will offerings of her people, as well as free from all State interference; a piece played extemporarily, according to the musicians fancy; a composition for the organ. Voluntary conveyance, the transfer of property without any adequate consideration.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Acting from choice; proceeding from one's own will; done without compulsion.
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One who does anything of his own free will; a piece of music played at will; one who supports the ordinances of religion by his own free will; a dissenter.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; now generally used to indicate the organ-playing at the opening of church service;-a composition for the organ;-one who engages in any affair of his own accord; n volunteer;-in ecclesiastical history, a dissenter; one who is opposed to state endowments or compulsory rates or taxes for the support of the clergy;-one who objects to all state grants on behalf of religion, and to the union of church and state.