voluntary

adjective · adverb · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more voluntary

Superlative

most voluntary

1.
Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
September 10, 1828, Nathaniel William Taylor, Sermon delivered in the Chapel of Yale College That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
2.
Done by design or intention; intentional.
If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
3.
Working or done without payment.
Wikimedia is a voluntary service.
4.
Endowed with the power of willing.
5.
Of or relating to voluntarism.
a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

more voluntary

Superlative

most voluntary

1.
(obsolete)Voluntarily.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

voluntaries

1.
(music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
2.
A volunteer.
3.
A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

discretionaryoptional volitionalintentionalwillfulhonorarypro bonounpaid unsalaried unwaged autonomous spontaneousendowed with the power of willing autonomous, spontaneous

Trái nghĩa

involuntary compulsory obligatory accidental paid salarieddone by design or intention accidentaldone without payment paid, salaried

Cùng gốc / liên quan

voluntarilyvoluntary aided schoolvoluntary controlled schoolindividual voluntary arrangementvoluntary agentvoluntary musclevoluntary wastevoluntary workvoluntary manslaughtervoluntary jurisdictionvoluntary movementvolun-toldvoluntarism voluntarist

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (willing, of free will), from voluntās (will, choice, desire), from volēns, present participle of volo (to will). Displaced native selfwille.