Usually means: Chosen freely without external pressure.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word voluntary:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. voluntary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. voluntary: Merriam-Webster
  3. voluntary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. voluntary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. voluntary: Collins English Dictionary
  6. voluntary: Vocabulary.com
  7. Voluntary, voluntary, voluntary: Wordnik
  8. voluntary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. voluntary: Wiktionary
  10. voluntary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. voluntary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. voluntary: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. voluntary: Dictionary.com
  14. voluntary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. voluntary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Voluntary (disambiguation), Voluntary (music), Voluntary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Voluntary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. voluntary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. voluntary: Rhymezone
  20. voluntary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. voluntary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. voluntary: FreeDictionary.org
  23. voluntary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. voluntary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. voluntary: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Voluntary: A DICTIONARY OF LAW (1893)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. voluntary: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. voluntary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. voluntary: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Voluntary: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. voluntary: Medical dictionary
  6. Voluntary: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. voluntary: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Voluntary: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. voluntary: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See voluntaries as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
adjective:  Done by design or intention; intentional.
adjective:  Working or done without payment.
adjective:  Endowed with the power of willing.
adjective:  Of or relating to voluntarism.
adverb:  (obsolete) Voluntarily.
noun:  (music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
noun:  A volunteer.
noun:  A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.

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