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voluntary

adjective/ˈvɒləntri/

A2CEFR level
10/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

Done of one's own free will, without pressure or coercion from others.

Consent is only valid if it is genuinely voluntary and free from family pressure.

Similar: willing, uncoerced

Topic: Consent & explaining in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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