free will

noun
🔊/ˌfriː ˈwɪl/
🔊/ˌfriː ˈwɪl/
[uncountable]Idioms
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  1. the power to make your own decisions about what to do, without being controlled by God, fate or circumstances自由意志Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
Idioms
of your own free will
  1. because you want to do something rather than because somebody has told or forced you to do it自愿
    • She left of her own free will.她是自愿离开的。🔊🔊