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Voluntary

/ˈvɒləntəri/
Voluntary refers to an action done by choice or free will, without coercion.

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Examples:

Professor Barker proposed that science should be voluntary.

I'm doing voluntary nursing for the victims.

They joined the community group on a voluntary basis.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from the Latin voluntarius, which stems from voluntas meaning will, first used in the sense of done of ones own free will' in the 14th century.

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