Voluntary
adjective
Done or given willingly, without being forced or required.
Charitable organizations rely on voluntary donations to operate.
Often appears as...
- voluntary donation
- voluntary work
adjective
Relating to an action or service performed by volunteers.
She has done much voluntary work for local animal shelters.
Often appears as...
- voluntary organization
- voluntary sector
adjective
Involving or relating to the muscles you can control.
Voluntary muscles include those used to move the arms and legs.
Often appears as...
- voluntary muscle
- voluntary movement
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Technical
noun
A musical piece often played at the end of a church service.
The choir sang a touching voluntary at the end of the service.
Often appears as...
- sing a voluntary
- play a voluntary
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Academic
adjective
Done or given willingly, without being forced or required.
Charitable organizations rely on voluntary donations to operate.
Often appears as...
- voluntary donation
- voluntary work
adjective
Relating to an action or service performed by volunteers.
She has done much voluntary work for local animal shelters.
Often appears as...
- voluntary organization
- voluntary sector
adjective
Involving or relating to the muscles you can control.
Voluntary muscles include those used to move the arms and legs.
Often appears as...
- voluntary muscle
- voluntary movement
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A musical piece often played at the end of a church service.
The choir sang a touching voluntary at the end of the service.
Often appears as...
- sing a voluntary
- play a voluntary
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Choice
Stresses that the action is taken by someone's own decision, without pressure.
He took on the project on a voluntary basis.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Nuance
Carries a positive connotation, suggesting generosity or goodwill.
Her voluntary work with children earned her great respect.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Compulsory
Implies that there is no legal or formal obligation involved.
Attendance at the seminar is purely voluntary.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Choice
Stresses that the action is taken by someone's own decision, without pressure.
He took on the project on a voluntary basis.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Nuance
Carries a positive connotation, suggesting generosity or goodwill.
Her voluntary work with children earned her great respect.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Compulsory
Implies that there is no legal or formal obligation involved.
Attendance at the seminar is purely voluntary.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Choice
Stresses that the action is taken by someone's own decision, without pressure.
He took on the project on a voluntary basis.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Nuance
Carries a positive connotation, suggesting generosity or goodwill.
Her voluntary work with children earned her great respect.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Compulsory
Implies that there is no legal or formal obligation involved.
Attendance at the seminar is purely voluntary.
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How AI could become an...
We flipped the design. Instead of reading from the brain directly, we're reading from the voluntary nervous system that you deliberately have to engage to communicate with the device, while still bringing the benefits of a thinking or a thought device. The best of both worlds in a way. OK, I think people are going to have a lot more questions for you. Also, you said that it's a sticker.
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The path toward...
wells and I'm getting there found that the community was so huge that that one water well was not going to make a difference and so what did they do they didn't come back to the traditional contract they sunk another water well so we were beginning to get voluntary help from our contractors changing their mindset making them more responsible
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Jonathan Haidt: The...
We get to exercise some ancient drives. The fourth foundation is authority/respect. Here you see submissive gestures from two members of very closely related species. But authority in humans is not so closely based on power and brutality as it is in other primates. It's based on more voluntary deference and even elements of love, at times.
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The moral roots of...
the the fourth foundation is authority respect here you see submissive gestures from two members of very closely related species but authority in humans is is not so closely based on on power and brutality as it is in other primates it's based on more voluntary deference and even elements of love at times
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Why some people are more...
different than other people. But until recently, very little work on this topic had been done. The actions of the man who rescued me meet the most stringent definition of altruism, which is a voluntary, costly behavior motivated by the desire to help another individual.
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Elephants Freed From...
so we bring out a very limited number of guests every day and just do voluntary interaction with the elephants and then basically after that we just take a walk with them through the forests and follow the elephants and watch em rip down
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Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...
self-enforcing, voluntary currency, and it's incredibly sophisticated player behavior. And I just want to end by suggesting a few ways in which these principles could fan out into the world. Let's start with business.
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Debunking the myths of...
Research has implicated three regions of the brain variously involved in social behavior and complex cognitive planning, voluntary movement, and emotional and motivational responses. The other piece of the puzzle
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The deadly genius of...
We see that the nature of this phenomenon guarantees that they will. The question is whether we are willing to continue our support of a failed strategy based on our stubborn, blissful, voluntary ignorance
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Would You Go to Mars If...
as a voluntary donation toward something bigger than myself you know something that is historic your life is going one direction you have all these branches
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How AI could become an...
We flipped the design. Instead of reading from the brain directly, we're reading from the voluntary nervous system that you deliberately have to engage to communicate with the device, while still bringing the benefits of a thinking or a thought device. The best of both worlds in a way. OK, I think people are going to have a lot more questions for you. Also, you said that it's a sticker.
Video examples
The path toward...
wells and I'm getting there found that the community was so huge that that one water well was not going to make a difference and so what did they do they didn't come back to the traditional contract they sunk another water well so we were beginning to get voluntary help from our contractors changing their mindset making them more responsible
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt: The...
We get to exercise some ancient drives. The fourth foundation is authority/respect. Here you see submissive gestures from two members of very closely related species. But authority in humans is not so closely based on power and brutality as it is in other primates. It's based on more voluntary deference and even elements of love, at times.
Video examples
The moral roots of...
the the fourth foundation is authority respect here you see submissive gestures from two members of very closely related species but authority in humans is is not so closely based on on power and brutality as it is in other primates it's based on more voluntary deference and even elements of love at times
Video examples
Why some people are more...
different than other people. But until recently, very little work on this topic had been done. The actions of the man who rescued me meet the most stringent definition of altruism, which is a voluntary, costly behavior motivated by the desire to help another individual.
Video examples
Elephants Freed From...
so we bring out a very limited number of guests every day and just do voluntary interaction with the elephants and then basically after that we just take a walk with them through the forests and follow the elephants and watch em rip down
Video examples
Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...
self-enforcing, voluntary currency, and it's incredibly sophisticated player behavior. And I just want to end by suggesting a few ways in which these principles could fan out into the world. Let's start with business.
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
Research has implicated three regions of the brain variously involved in social behavior and complex cognitive planning, voluntary movement, and emotional and motivational responses. The other piece of the puzzle
Video examples
The deadly genius of...
We see that the nature of this phenomenon guarantees that they will. The question is whether we are willing to continue our support of a failed strategy based on our stubborn, blissful, voluntary ignorance
Video examples
Would You Go to Mars If...
as a voluntary donation toward something bigger than myself you know something that is historic your life is going one direction you have all these branches
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Quote examples
Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against wrong-doers. In its voluntary character it is precisely similar to an association for mutual protection against fire or shipwreck.
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Thomas Lynch
American Poet
If I were assigned poems I suppose I'd write more of them but it is entirely voluntary and for the most part ignored in the market sense of the word so the language to me is most intimate, most important, most sublime and most satisfying when it gets done.
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Frans Timmermans
Dutch Politician
The main actors on the world stage are the size of continents, be they nation states or voluntary groupings of nation states such as the E.U. Nostalgia can help us ignore these harsh realities for a while, but it will not make them go away.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
We make no greater voluntary choice in this life than the selection of a marriage partner. This decision can bring eternal happiness and joy. To find sublime fulfillment in marriage, both partners need to be fully committed to the marriage.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.
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Tyler Cowen
American Economist
Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through voluntary institutions. This is one of the most important tensions in capitalism.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
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Harry Browne
American Writer
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
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Bob Black
American Activist
Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against wrong-doers. In its voluntary character it is precisely similar to an association for mutual protection against fire or shipwreck.
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Thomas Lynch
American Poet
If I were assigned poems I suppose I'd write more of them but it is entirely voluntary and for the most part ignored in the market sense of the word so the language to me is most intimate, most important, most sublime and most satisfying when it gets done.
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Frans Timmermans
Dutch Politician
The main actors on the world stage are the size of continents, be they nation states or voluntary groupings of nation states such as the E.U. Nostalgia can help us ignore these harsh realities for a while, but it will not make them go away.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
We make no greater voluntary choice in this life than the selection of a marriage partner. This decision can bring eternal happiness and joy. To find sublime fulfillment in marriage, both partners need to be fully committed to the marriage.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.
Quote examples
Tyler Cowen
American Economist
Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through voluntary institutions. This is one of the most important tensions in capitalism.
Quote examples
Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
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Harry Browne
American Writer
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
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Bob Black
American Activist
Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.
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