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free will

  1. freedom of decision or of choice between alternatives
    1. the freedom of the will to choose a course of action without external coercion but in accordance with the ideals or moral outlook of the individual
    2. the doctrine that people have such freedom

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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