freewill
Americanadjective
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made or done freely or of one's own accord; voluntary.
a freewill contribution to a political fund.
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of or relating to the metaphysical doctrine of the freedom of the will.
the freewill controversy.
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Origin of freewill
Example Sentences
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So the law is now the propellant that forces them out of the country, as opposed to Allie’s own freewill and wanderlust.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2021
We may use words such as intelligence, self, consciousness, think, and freewill every day in casual speech, but they are certainly not well enough understood to be useful in answering even simple queries.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2016
By the end, their freewill has evaporated as Atwood drives home what marketers have always known and what could be considered the novel’s central theme - “the human mind is infinitely suggestible.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2015
Proceeds of a freewill offering will go to Crossway Community.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2015
The difficulty is not to be got rid of by discrediting the reality of freewill, and treating it as a thing for which there is no evidence.
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas
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