List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words -
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SYNONYMS:
voluntary, intentional, deliberate, willful, willing.
These adjectives mean being or resulting from one's own free will.
Voluntary
implies the operation of unforced choice: Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is
criminal.
Intentional
applies to something undertaken to further a plan or realize an aim: In
whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain
from all intentional wrongdoing and harm.
Deliberate
stresses premeditation and full awareness of the character and consequences of
one's acts: It was clearly a deliberate attempt to deceive us.
Willful
implies
deliberate,
headstrong persistence in a self-determined course of action: a willful waste
of time.
Willing
suggests ready or cheerful acquiescence in the proposals or requirements of
another: The requisite of a citizen is that he shall be willing to pull his
weight.
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