voluntary
voluntary Lexical Profile
voluntary Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Done, given, or acting of one's own free will without compulsion or obligation.
"Participation in the clinical study is completely voluntary, and subjects may withdraw at any time."
Working, done, or maintained without financial payment, typically by volunteers or charitable contributions.
"She spent her weekends doing voluntary work at the local animal shelter."
Controlled by the conscious mind and regulated by the somatic nervous system (of a bodily movement or muscle).
"Skeletal muscles are responsible for voluntary movements such as walking, writing, and speaking."
• noun
An organ solo played before, during, or after a church service, often improvised or freely structured.
"The organist performed a stately trumpet voluntary as the congregation filed out of the chapel."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English, via Old French from Latin voluntarius ('of one's free will'), derived from voluntas ('will, desire') and the verb velle ('to wish').