Meaning

5 senses
  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.

    freiwillig

    доброво́льныйdobrovólʹnyj

    доброві́льнийdobrovílʹnyj

    of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled

  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.

    ohne Bezahlung, ehrenamtlich

  4. Endowed with the power of willing.

  5. Of or relating to voluntarism.

    a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church

Examples

33 sentences
  1. Participation in this study is voluntary.

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  2. It's not voluntary.

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  3. It isn't voluntary.

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  4. That organization depends on voluntary contributions.

    Ця організація залежить від добровільних внесків.

    ruЭта организация зависит от добровольных пожертвований.

    deDiese Organisation ist von freiwilligen Spenden abhängig.

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  5. This was totally voluntary.

    Це було абсолютно добровільно.

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Translations

9 languages
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By meaning 1
done, given, or acting of one's own free will:
Русский
By meaning 1
done, given, or acting of one's own free will:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
done, given, or acting of one's own free will:
working or done without payment:

Origin

From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willi

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 Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”).

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