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.
Done by design or intention; intentional.
If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
Voluntarily.
And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...].
A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
A volunteer.
A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.
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”...
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