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Nouns (4)

n. composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance

volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary

n. (military) a person who freely enlists for service

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Adjectives (2)

voluntary

adj. controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles"

voluntary

adj. of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"

Fuzzynyms (2)

discretionary, optional

adj. having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment; "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds"

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Antonyms (9)

draftee, conscript, inductee

n. someone who is drafted into military service

involuntary

adj. controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"

involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary

adj. not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy

unconscious

adj. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"

unconscious

adj. without conscious volition

voluntary

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