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voluntary English

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Definitions in simple English

voluntary

Acting of one's own free will. Something that somebody does is voluntary if the person is doing it because they want to do it, not because someone orders them to do it. Helping to wash the dishes is voluntary. Working without payment. I have a voluntary position helping children learn to read.

voluntary

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 controlled by individual volition voluntary motions voluntary muscles composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance (= volunteer) (military) a person who freely enlists for service

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Topics voluntary topics

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Simple sentences

That organization depends on voluntary contributions.
This organization relies entirely on voluntary donations.
She did a lot of voluntary work for the Red Cross.
Participation is voluntary and free of charge.
But there's a big difference between forced and voluntary labor.

Movie subtitles

Oh, they were voluntary helpers.
We can't possibly disclose. the addresses of the voluntary helpers.
Sir Simon means it was a piece of voluntary service.
He deals with men by free exchange and voluntary choice.
This is entirely voluntary, you understand?
Before this matter affects other students, we will accept his voluntary resignation.
A human sacrifice, but a voluntary one.
You're hereby voluntary privates in Company A of the Texas Rangers and you will faithfully discharge.
Otherwise I'd go myself - ls it voluntary?
The task was voluntary.
Our office prosecuted that guy for voluntary manslaughter.
No one's forcing you! In custody, work is voluntary.
It's a voluntary work, and I'm no volunteer no more.
Yet officers of stainless record and seamen, voluntary all, were moved to mutiny against you.
It confirms with a voluntary statement from the same cab driver.
I assumed it was voluntary.
I shall request that all nobility at present residing in the colony. make a voluntary contribution to our treasury for the war effort.
I am suggesting a completely voluntary and isolated contribution. for a state of emergency.
You mean that you agree to a voluntary contribution to our war effort?
Voluntary sacrifices on the part of our aristocracy.
I could always accept it as a voluntary contribution from the independent front to improve the soup we serve to pensioners in need.
You're hereby voluntary privates in Company A of the Texas Rangers.
We prosecuted him for voluntary manslaughter.
I'm not exactly a voluntary patient.
We can hire a lawyer and a psychiatrist, and make an immediate voluntary confession and an offer of restitution.
Voluntary messenger go to the regimental headquarters.
Voluntary messenger!
The Mothers' Aid institution is based on client confidentiality, so the participation in this film has been entirely voluntary.
A voluntary solitary.
Love is voluntary here, no one grant it but him.
I want you to agree to voluntary commitment.
Although, I.would have been better pleased had you done it more voluntary.
Not a voluntary one!
Padre, that was a super voluntary you gave us this morning.
You are all paralysed by a selective field that neutralizes nerve impulses to the voluntary muscles.
Our voluntary nerve functions were under some form of pressure.
Bring on the voluntary witnesses.

News and current affairs

Although President George W. Bush says he believes in markets, in this case he has called for voluntary action.
In many countries, the supply of blood for medical purposes relies on voluntary, anonymous donations.
Although Belgium recently followed the Dutch way of regulating voluntary active euthanasia in a strictly medicalized framework, it is precisely this sort of regulation that is increasingly challenged.
There is, moreover, little evidence that a deep involuntary restructuring would be any more traumatic than a deep voluntary restructuring.
But that begs the question: why should an involuntary restructuring lead to worse contagion than a voluntary restructuring of comparable depth?
Twenty years ago, a grass-roots movement led by Rotary International, a voluntary organization with around 1.2 million members in more than 200 countries, decided to attack.
Even when politicians don't lead, it is still possible for committed individuals and voluntary organizations to change the world.
The time has arrived for a massive effort by voluntary organizations to take up the MDG's through private action.
Instead, the Copenhagen Accord merely asked countries for voluntary pledges to cut their emissions by specific amounts.
The interplay of voluntary fertility reduction and declining poverty are profound and rapid.
A Global Fund for Education, combined with a global voluntary effort to connect kids around the world, offers the chance for a breakthrough that was not realistic even a few years ago.
But they conveniently ignore the fact that the Code of Conduct is voluntary and thus not enforceable.
Open coordination entails the definition of common goals at the EU level, voluntary compliance by the member states, and peer review of results within the European Council.
The near-universal availability of information makes it much easier than it was in earlier times for the voluntary non-governmental organizations that form civil society to emerge.
The importance of financial transparency in the extractive industries is not limited to one country or era - and it is too important to be left to voluntary efforts alone.
Forced harmonization is dead, which opens the door to making new voluntary forms of social harmony possible.
Yes, the IMF ought to develop a voluntary code of conduct for SWF's, but it should not be used as a weapon to enforce financial protectionism.
The US model of political identity, shaped by a legacy of immigration and voluntary cultural integration, cannot be simply transposed to Europe, where distinct traditions, cultures, and attitudes are so deeply entrenched.
Indeed, the decision was far from voluntary.
They must expand into other avenues of appeal: public hearings, welfare lawsuits, enhanced media coverage, and other voluntary activities.
Its three pillars - private, voluntary associations, decentralization of the state, delegation political power to independent entities - can only be rebuilt patiently.
This is an important advance, but, unfortunately, it is qualified by language that allows voluntary approaches as an alternative, and it focuses only on payments transparency.
As a result, India's policy mirrors China's: it has aligned itself with mandatory international sanctions, but has abjured voluntary Western financial restrictions.
A political system's clarity and comprehensibility, together with its voluntary nature, are essential to democratic legitimacy.

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