voluntary
/'vɔləntəri/
Definition
Adjective:
- Done by choice; not forced or compelled: An action or decision made willingly, without external pressure or obligation.
- Controlled by individual will: Relating to bodily functions or movements that are under conscious control.
- Supported by voluntary contributions or actions: An organization or activity maintained by people who offer their services or money freely.
Noun:
- A piece of music, often improvised: A musical composition, typically for a solo instrument like an organ, played independently of a regular service or performance.
- A volunteer: A person who freely enlists for military service or other duty.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- Her decision to help was completely voluntary.
- Blinking is an involuntary action, but raising your hand is voluntary.
- The charity relies on voluntary donations.
Noun:
- The organist played a beautiful voluntary before the ceremony.
- He joined the army as a voluntary.
Advanced Usage
"Voluntary work/service": Unpaid work done for the benefit of others or a community.
- She does voluntary work at the animal shelter every weekend.
"Voluntary redundancy": A situation where an employee chooses to leave their job, often with a financial package, when the employer needs to reduce staff.
- The company offered a scheme for voluntary redundancy.
Variants and Related Words
Voluntarily (adverb): In a voluntary way; by choice.
- He left the company voluntarily.
Volunteer (noun/verb): A person who offers to do something voluntarily; to offer to do something willingly.
- She is a volunteer firefighter.
- He volunteered to organize the event.
Synonyms
- Optional: Available to be chosen but not mandatory.
- Willing: Ready and happy to do something.
- Discretionary: Left to individual choice or judgment.
Antonyms
- Compulsory: Required by law or a rule; obligatory.
- Involuntary: Done without conscious control or choice.
- Mandatory: Required by command or law.
Related Phrases
Of one's own volition: As a result of one's own free will.
- He resigned of his own volition.
Voluntary association: A group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to form a body to accomplish a purpose.
- The club is a voluntary association of local residents.
Adjective
- controlled by individual volition
- voluntary motions
- voluntary muscles
- of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled
- man is a voluntary agent
- participation was voluntary
- voluntary manslaughter
- voluntary generosity in times of disaster
- voluntary social workers
- a voluntary confession
Noun
- composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance
- (military) a person who freely enlists for service
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