Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-VOL'UN-TA-RY
IN-VOL'UN-TA-RI-NESSIN'VO-LUTE, or IN'VO-LU-TED
IN-VOL'UN-TA-RY, a. [Fr. involontaire; L. in and voluntarius. See Voluntary.]
- Not having will or choice; unwilling.
- Independent of will or choice. The motion of the heart and arteries is involuntary, but not against the will.
- Not proceeding from choice; not done willingly; opposed to the will. A slave and a conquered nation yield an involuntary submission to a master.
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