The fact of not being controlled by or subject to fate; the power of self-determination attributed to the will.

The power of an individual to make free choices, not determined by divine predestination, the laws of physical causality, fate, etc. Also: the…

Power to choose or act; own will or pleasure; arbitrary will.

The capacity to make decisions; free will; the fact of having decided to do something; deliberateness, intentionality. Later also: a decision; a…

free will; the ability to choose freely.

Philosophy and Theology. The fact of not being controlled by or subject to fate; freedom of will. Frequently opposed to necessity. Cf. liberty of will…

Liberty to do what one will; free will or choice; voluntary action. Obsolete.

Freedom of action; free will.

The coming to pass of anything without predetermination, freedom from necessity; chance; happening by chance; = contingency, n. 3.

Indetermination of the will; freedom of choice; an equal power to take either of two courses. Obsolete.

The quality or condition of being contingent. The condition of being free from predetermining necessity in regard to existence or action; hence…

freedom to think or reason without restriction or interference; (also) free will.

voluntary or unconstrained action or impulse; an instance of this.

One's own will.

The state or condition of being voluntary, free, or unconstrained; absolute freedom or liberty in… Of persons.

Free will.

The power of willing or determining to act in a certain way.

the quality of being unconditional.

The quality of being unconditional.

Indetermination of the will (cf. indifferency, n. 3), or of a body to rest or motion; neutrality.

The power or faculty of willing.

Absence of any determining influence or factor. rare.

Voluntariness, willingness, spontaneity.

More generally: liberty to follow one's will; control over one's own affairs; freedom from external influence, personal independence.