free will
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Tweet n. 1. The ability or discretion to choose; free choice: chose to remain behind of my own free will. 2. The power of making choices that are neither determined by natural causality nor predestined by fate or divine will. [Middle English fre wil, translation of Late Latin līberum arbitrium : Latin līberum, neuter of līber, free + Latin arbitrium, will.] |
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adj. Done of one's own accord; voluntary. |
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