Meaning of FREE WILL
| Pronunciation: | | free wil
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| | Definition: | | [n] the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies |
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| | Synonyms: | | discretion |
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| | See Also: | | power, powerfulness, self-determination | |
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| | Definition: | | Freewill
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Free will\
1. A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my
free will. --Shak.
2. The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing
without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
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| | Related Terms: | | alternativity, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, autonomousness, autonomy, choice, choosing, command, conation, conatus, co-optation, co-option, decision, desire, determination, discretion, disposition, election, fancy, first choice, free choice, free decision, full consent, gratuitousness, inclination, independence, intention, liking, lust, mind, noncontingent free will, objective, option, passion, pick, pleasure, preference, preoption, resolution, say, say-so, selection, self-action, self-activity, self-determination, sexual desire, spontaneity, spontaneousness, the pick, unforcedness, velleity, volition, voluntariness, voluntarism, voluntaryism, volunteer, volunteering, will, will power, wish |
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