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Definition of
free will noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
free will
noun
noun
[
uncountable
]
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the power to make your own decisions without being controlled by God or
fate
Idioms
of your own free will
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because you want to do something rather than because someone has told or forced you to do it
She left of her own free will.
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free will
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