voluntary
adjective
done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice.
voluntariness
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a word derived from
voluntary.
Example Sentences
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“If that had been true, surely they would have brought those issues up and prevailed in pretrial hearings on the voluntariness of their statements, as well as in their lawsuit against the city,” she wrote.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2019
The Court has not weighed in on the so-called voluntariness issue since DNA-based exonerations began to reveal just how common false confessions are in our justice system.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 6, 2018
Dreeben insists again that there is an “element of voluntariness in signing up for a bank account and using a debit card to purchase everything in your life.”
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2017
“When a community member encounters an officer in full uniform who requests to conduct a search of their person, belongings, vehicle or home, a very thin line exists between voluntariness and coercion,” the report says.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2017
Hence, even inasmuch as merit depends on voluntariness, merit is chiefly attributed to charity.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
