1. Of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled
   "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"
    
2. (physiology) controlled by individual volition
   "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles"

1. (military) a person who freely enlists for service
   "He served as a voluntary during the conflict";
   - volunteer, military volunteer
    
2. Composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance
   "The organist played a stirring voluntary as the congregation filed out"

Derived forms: voluntaries

See also: conscious, freewill, intended, self-imposed, uncoerced, unforced, unpaid, volunteer, wilful [Brit, Cdn], willful [N. Amer], willing

Type of: military personnel, servicewoman, solo

Antonym: conscript, involuntary

Encyclopedia: Voluntary