Voluntary work is done by people who are not paid for it, but who do it because they want to do it. He'd been working at the local hostel for the handicapped on a voluntary basis
Voluntary actions or activities are done because someone chooses to do them and not because they have been forced to do them. Attention is drawn to a special voluntary course in Commercial French The scheme, due to begin next month, will be voluntary. compulsory + voluntarily vol·un·tar·ily I would only leave here voluntarily if there was a big chance to work abroad
That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals
voluntary actions are things that people do without being made to do them, or without being paid to do them Volunteering to walk or bike to the store on an Ozone Action! Day is a good example of this The benefit you get from doing this is not money or toys, but something better - clean air and exercise (Back to Ozone Action! Days)
A voluntary worker is someone who does work without being paid for it, because they want to do it. Apna Arts has achieved more with voluntary workers in three years than most organisations with paid workers have achieved in ten We depend solely upon our voluntary helpers
composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a service or performance of your own free will or design; 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"
A voluntary organization is controlled and organized by the people who have chosen to work for it, often without being paid, rather than receiving help or money from the government. Some local authorities and voluntary organizations also run workshops for disabled people. voluntaries a piece of music played in church, usually by the organ
Free of coercion, duress or undue inducement Used in the research context to refer to a subject's decision to participate (or to continue to participate) in a research activity
Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion
of your own free will or design; 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"
Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free
Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter