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  1. free will

    Synonyms:
    accident, chance, choice, free agency, freedom, independence, uncertainty

    Antonyms:
    fate, foreknowledge, foreordination, necessity, predestination

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  1. free will, discretionnoun

    the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

    Synonyms:
    prudence, delicacy, discretion, circumspection, discreetness, discernment

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How to use free will in a sentence?

  1. Michael Roeske:

    That's a pretty big philosophical question : Where does free will come in ? Are we the consequence of our experiences ?

  2. Vytenis Andriukaitis:

    Whether someone smokes or not is not a matter of free will. When it happens in a public space, it's an infringement of human rights because those around him have the right to breathe clean air.

  3. Gordana Biernat:

    You have a free will and there is always a choice. Your power resides in that moment of choice.

  4. Tertullian:

    It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions. One man’s religion neither harms nor helps another man. It is assuredly no part of religion to compel religion, to which free will and not force should lead us.

  5. Norman Cousins:

    Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will.


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