VOLUNTARILY Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

voluntarily

adverb

Definition of voluntarily

as in willingly

of one's own free will you took part in this voluntarily, so you have no cause to complain

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Recent Examples of voluntarily Kwon said the South Korean military removed a North Korean minefield around the blast site on Monday and will remove other North Korean minefields placed south of the border unless North Korea voluntarily eliminates them. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 Coxon voluntarily testified, and was joined by former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo, who testified under subpoena that the companies may not know when their safety work has failed. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 That system concerns waste management, while AB 2253 focused on the claims companies voluntarily put on products. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Consider a sales professional who voluntarily asks a CEO to review a customer interaction. — Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The case has renewed debate over a New York law that critics say can hinder prosecution when people become incapacitated after voluntarily using alcohol or drugs. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 But Bederow said the statute draws an important distinction between someone who unknowingly became intoxicated and someone who voluntarily consumed alcohol or drugs. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Kalshi does allow traders to voluntarily ban themselves, and is part of a prediction market industry self-exclusion program. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 Rushing to cut off the supply, US officials want Nvidia to voluntarily tighten its protocols and flag more suspicious shipments. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

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The film’s central question, as Coon sees it, is why someone might willingly abandon a conventional life for an alternative community.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
For some activists, willingly accepting arrest becomes another visible demonstration of commitment.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of willingly

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For one, the system was demonstrated in simulations, not a full real-world demonstration in which a freely operating robot continuously read someone's EEG and corrected its behavior around the house.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
That behavior resembles a liquid crystal, where molecules can move freely but still maintain directional alignment.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

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