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free will

noun

Etymology

From Middle English fre will, fre wil, fre wille.

  1. inherited from fre will

Definitions

  1. Voluntary choice

    Voluntary choice; (the power of) unforced, uncoerced choice.

    • (insane/worst/best/amazing) use of free will
    • He did not say it of his own free will, but because his captors coerced him.
    • They bound my limbs, depriving me of my free will.

  2. The ability to choose one's actions and make choices that are not predetermined by…

    The ability to choose one's actions and make choices that are not predetermined by predestination, fate, etc.

    • Some people deny that humans have free will, and argue that every thought and action is preordained by God.
    • You can bind my limbs, but you can never deprive me of my free will.
    • What is free will but the power of volition and action, and of thought and speech, to all appearance as of one's self?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for free will. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA