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free will
noun
- free and independent choice; voluntary decision:
You took on the responsibility of your own free will.
- Philosophy. the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine forces.
free will
noun
- the apparent human ability to make choices that are not externally determined
- the doctrine that such human freedom of choice is not illusory Compare determinism
- ( as modifier )
a free-will decision
- the ability to make a choice without coercion
he left of his own free will: I did not influence him
free will
- The ability to choose, think, and act voluntarily. For many philosophers , to believe in free will is to believe that human beings can be the authors of their own actions and to reject the idea that human actions are determined by external conditions or fate. ( See determinism , fatalism , and predestination .)
Example Sentences
"Now, with President Trump's idea, there is an opportunity for the Gazans to have free choice based on their free will. This should be encouraged!" it added.
"I want to travel on my own free will. I won't leave because of him."
"The evidence of their communication, in my view, demonstrates she entered this relationship and course of conduct of her own free will and her conduct falls far below the standard the public rightly expect. "
Still, he feels that Canucks could easily become residents of the 51st state of their own free will.
Linda does not believe in the predestination of zodiac signs, but there is nothing stopping her from choosing to represent her own, at her own free will.
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