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of one's own accord

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  1. Also, of one's own free will. Voluntarily, without prompting or coercion, as in The entire audience rose of their own accord, or No, I'm climbing this mountain of my own free will. The first term dates from about 1450, the variant from about 1600.

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Hence it is folly and overscrupulousness to add restrictions of one's own accord except in critical instances, as indicated above.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; Ð preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

It also carries the meaning self, of one's own accord: i bobongi ka manata tetea ana marana the morrow can take care of itself.

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)

One should repair of one's own accord unto those foremost of Brahmanas that do not solicit anybody and make unto them gifts of diverse kinds of wealth in abundance.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

To give to everyone who asks is not so pleasant as to give of one's own accord.

From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo)

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