voluntary
adjective
done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice.
nonvoluntary
-
a word derived from
voluntary.
Example Sentences
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Traffic stops represent the most common nonvoluntary interaction between citizens and police officers in the U.S.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2023
But since that is highly unlikely, Miss Manners urges that "tolerance and kindness should be summoned, at least to those who are nonvoluntary participants in the relationship, the legal wife and all the children."
From Time Magazine Archive
Interest and Nonvoluntary Attention.—In nonvoluntary attention the environment largely determines what we shall attend to.
From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
The spontaneous, or nonvoluntary, attention that arises from interest is the basis on which all true education and training must be founded.
From How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods by George Herbert Betts
Making Different Kinds of Attention Reënforce Each Other.—A very close relationship and interdependence exists between nonvoluntary and voluntary attention.
From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
