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ee from improper coercion or restraint. To come thus was I not constrained, but did On my free will. Shak.

ion from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.). A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. Ward.

Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act. "By his own election led to ill." Daniel.

That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James i. 4. With strength entire and free will armed. Milton. One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak.

d; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. Southey.

Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering. Frewill Baptists. See under Baptist.

The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace.

c bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace.

Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

s or quantities of motion in bodies. Berkley. Touch, with lightest moment of impulse, His free will. Milton.

impel forcibly. " No decree of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse his free will," Milton.

One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer. [R.] Shak.

One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.

In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully. Chaucer. The condition of that people is not so much to be envied as some would willingly represent it. Addison.