A will free from improper coercion or restraint. To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my free will. Shak. The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
free willnoun
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Voluntary choice; (the power of) unforced, uncoerced choice. | The ability to choose one's actions and make choices that are not predetermined by predestination, fate, etc.
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