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Another word for voluntary

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voluntary

modif.

willing, willed, willful, intentional, deliberate, wished, freely, spontaneous; see also optional.

voluntary implies the exercise of one's own free choice or will in an action, whether or not external influences are at work voluntary services; intentional applies to that which is done on purpose for a definite reason and is in no way accidental an intentional slight; deliberate implies full realization of the significance of what one intends to do and of its effects a deliberate lie; willful implies obstinate and perverse determination to follow one's own will despite influences, arguments, advice, etc. in opposition a willful refusal

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Another word for voluntary

adjective

Of or relating to free exercise of the will:
volitional, willing. See willing
Done by one's own choice:
free, spontaneous, uncompelled, unforced, volitional, willful. See willing
Contributing one's time without pay:
uncompensated, unpaid, unrecompensed, unremunerated, unsalaried. See pay, work
Done or said on purpose:
deliberate, intended, intentional, purposeful, willful, witting. See purpose

noun

Someone who offers his or her services freely:

volunteer. See willing, work

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She'd been trying for years to have his voluntary service revoked.
The cult was supported mainly by voluntary contribution.
In Great Britain the period of study is voluntary, and usually occupies only one year.
Lived in voluntary poverty on a few pence a day.
He writes how in Europe when there is a problem, people turn to the government to solve it, but in America, they form what he calls "voluntary associations"—what we might term charities and nonprofits.

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