Involuntary
101involuntary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spontaneous, instinctive, automatic, reflex. See necessity, unwillingness. Ant., voluntary, intentional. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unintentional, uncontrolled, instinctive, spontaneous; see… …
102involuntary — in·vol·un·tar·y || ɪn vÉ‘lÉ™nterɪ / vÉ’lÉ™ntrɪ adj. not done willingly, performed reluctantly; without conscious thought, unintentionally; instinctive …
103involuntary — adjective 1》 done without conscious control. ↘(especially of muscles or nerves) concerned in bodily processes that are not under the control of the will. 2》 done against someone s will. Derivatives involuntarily adverb involuntariness noun …
104involuntary — a. 1. Instinctive, automatic, blind, independent of volition. 2. Unwilling, reluctant, compulsory, against one s will …
105involuntary — adj 1. independent, automatic, spontaneous, uncontrolled, reflex, mechanical, conditioned. 2. unconscious, instinctive, impulsive, subliminal, Sl. gut; unthinking, unwitting, blind; unintentional, undeliberate, indeliberate, unpremeditated,… …
106involuntary — in·voluntary …
107involuntary — /ɪn vɒlənt(ə)ri/ adjective not done willingly or deliberately …
108involuntary — Not voluntary; unintentional; without willing; independent of volition or consent; accidental. Riley v Interstate Business Men s Acci. Asso. (Iowa) 169 NW 488, 2 ALR 57, 62 …
109involuntary — adj. 1 done without the exercise of the will; unintentional. 2 (of a limb, muscle, or movement) not under the control of the will. Derivatives: involuntarily adv. involuntariness n. Etymology: LL involuntarius (as IN (1), VOLUNTARY) …
110involuntary manslaughter — noun Date: circa 1879 manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from the commission of an unlawful act not constituting a felony, or from the commission of a lawful act in a… …
