voluntary

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , present participle of. Displaced native.

Adjective

 * 1) Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
 * 2) * September 10, 1828,, Sermon delivered in the Chapel of Yale College
 * That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
 * 1) Done by design or intention; intentional.
 * If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
 * 1) Working or done without payment.
 * 2) Endowed with the power of willing.
 * 3) Of or relating to voluntarism.
 * a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church
 * 1) Of or relating to voluntarism.
 * a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church

Synonyms

 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:optional
 * ,, see

Antonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:compulsory
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:compulsory

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: volonta
 * Finnish: omaehtoinen, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ნებაყოფლობითი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: ἑκούσιος
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: volunta,, voluntanta
 * Indonesian:, , , rela hati
 * Interlingua: voluntari
 * Italian:, , di propria iniziativa
 * Japanese: 志願して
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: voluntarius
 * Latvian: brīvprātīgs
 * Malayalam:
 * Norman: volontaithe
 * Old English: selfwille
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoileach
 * Slovene: prostovoljen
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pakusa
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: доброві́льний


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: განზრახული, თვითნებური, შეგნებული
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: ultrōneus
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: nameren


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, vapaaehtois- , talkoo-
 * French:
 * Georgian: მოხალისეობრივი
 * German: ohne Bezahlung ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, fizetés nélküli,
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoileach
 * Slovene: prostovoljen, prostovoljski


 * Finnish: tahdollinen


 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:

Adverb

 * 1)  Voluntarily.

Noun

 * 1)  A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
 * 2) A volunteer.
 * 3) A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.