free will

free will
    n 1: the power of making free choices unconstrained by external
         agencies [syn: {free will}, {discretion}]
    

Free will \Free will\
   1. A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
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            To come thus was I not constrained, but did
            On my free will.                      --Shak.
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   2. The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing
      without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
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62 Moby Thesaurus words for "free will":
      alternativity, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite,
      autonomousness, autonomy, choice, choosing, co-optation, co-option,
      command, conation, conatus, 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