uncoerced

Thân thiện

The witness gave an uncoerced statement to the police.

Definition

Adjective: - Voluntary, not forced: Describes an action, decision, or statement made freely, without being pressured, threatened, or compelled by another person or force.

Usage

The adjective "uncoerced" is used to formally emphasize that a choice or action was made with complete free will. It is often applied in legal, psychological, or ethical contexts to describe statements, confessions, consent, or participation. - It typically modifies nouns like confession, statement, testimony, consent, agreement, decision, participation. - It is a formal term and is less common in everyday conversation.

Examples

• The judge needed to ensure the defendant's plea was uncoerced.
• Researchers must obtain uncoerced consent from all study participants.
• Her testimony was ruled admissible because it was given freely and uncoerced.

Advanced Usage

• "Uncoerced will": Refers to the faculty of making completely free and independent choices.
  • The philosophy discusses the concept of an uncoerced will as the basis for moral responsibility.
• Used in contrast to "coerced" to highlight a lack of external pressure in comparative or analytical writing.
  • The study compared outcomes from coerced and uncoerced interventions.

Variants and Related Words

• Coerce (verb): To persuade someone to do something by using force or threats.
• Coercion (noun): The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
• Unforced (adjective): Similar in meaning but can also mean "natural" or "effortless" (e.g., an unforced smile), not solely "not compelled."

Synonyms

• Voluntary
• Willing
• Unforced
• Spontaneous (when emphasizing a natural, unprompted origin)

Antonyms

• Coerced
• Forced
• Compulsory
• Involuntary

Related Phrases/Idioms

Note: "Uncoerced" itself is not typically used in idioms. However, it relates to key legal and ethical phrases. - Of one's own free will: An idiomatic phrase meaning voluntarily, without compulsion. - She contributed the money of her own free will. - Without duress: A legal phrase meaning without threats or coercion. - The contract was signed without duress.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not brought about by coercion or force
   • the confession was uncoerced

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unforced
• willing