- Not obligatory
- Of one’s own free will
- Optional
- Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of
choice.
- Unconstrained by the interference of another;
unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by
another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's
self, or of itself; free.
- Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed;
intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree,
it is not voluntary manslaughter.
- Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or
regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as
the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary
motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle
fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
- Not vital
- Optional
- Redundant
- Spare
- Superfluous
- Unnecessary
- Having no essence or being.
- Non-compulsory subject
- Open to choice
- Optional (surgery)
- Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective
act.
- Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of
choosing; electoral.
- Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as,
an elective study; an elective office.
- In an American college, an optional study or course of
study.
- Optional items
- Surcharges