free will
free will noun: voluntary choice; (the power of) unforced, uncoerced choice.
Noun
free will (uncountable)
- Voluntary choice; (the power of) unforced, uncoerced choice.
- (insane/worst/best/amazing) use of free will
- He did not say it of his own free will, but because his captors coerced him.
- Synonyms:
- agency
- The ability to choose one's actions and make choices that are not predetermined by predestination, fate, etc.
- Some people deny that humans have free will, and argue that every thought and action is preordained by God.
- You can bind my limbs, but you can never deprive me of my free will.
free will meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam
free will in Tamil
- தானாக முடிவெடுக்கும் உரிமை, சுயேச்சை, சுய இச்சை
free will in Marathi
- natural inclination
- स्वेच्छा svecchā
free will in Telugu
- free will
- స్వేచ్ఛ svēccha
free will in Malayalam
- freedom of choice, self-determination, autonomy
- ചിന്താസ്വാതന്ത്യ്രം, അഭിപ്രായസ്വാതന്ത്യ്രം, സ്വതന്ത്രേച്ഛ, സ്വച്ഛന്ദത, സ്വതന്ത്രചിത്തം, സ്വതന്ത്രചിന്ത
More languagesFewer languages
- free will in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಪ್ರೇರಣೆ, ಆತ್ಮಸಂತೋಷ, ಸ್ವಿಚ್ಛೆ
- free will in Tagalog
- malayang loob
- free will in Arabic
- حُرِّيَّة الْإِرَادَة ḥurriyyat al-ʔirāda
- free will in Persian
- اختیار extiyâr, آزادکامی âzâdkâmi
- free will in Thai
- เจตจำนงเสรี
- free will in Vietnamese
- ý chí tự do
Examples of free will in a sentence
- They bound my limbs, depriving me of my free will.
- And then he said they were coming of their own free will and accord.1965, Harry S. Truman, 2:02 from the start, in MP2002-442 Former President Truman Discusses Problems Faced During the Potsdam Conference...
- What is free will but the power of volition and action, and of thought and speech, to all appearance as of one's self?1869, Emmanuel Swedenborg, translated by R Norman Foster, The True Christian Religion:
Synonyms of free will
Forms of free will
| alternative form | freewill |
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| alternative form | freewil |
Origin of free will
From Middle English fre will, fre wil, fre wille.
Words formed from free will
Questions about free will
- What does free will mean?
- Free will means voluntary choice; (the power of) unforced, uncoerced choice.
- What is free will in Tamil?
- Free will in Tamil is தானாக முடிவெடுக்கும் உரிமை, சுயேச்சை, சுய இச்சை. See Free will meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use free will in a sentence?
- They bound my limbs, depriving me of my free will.
- What part of speech is free will?
- Free will is a noun.
Words near free will in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: free will (page history and authors); free will (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); స్వేచ్ఛ (Telugu) (page history and authors); free will (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); free will (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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