Involuntary

  • 21involuntary — See involuntary, voluntary …

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  • 22involuntary — adj. Involuntary is used with these nouns: ↑confinement, ↑cry, ↑euthanasia, ↑gasp, ↑manslaughter, ↑movement, ↑shiver, ↑shudder, ↑spasm, ↑step, ↑twitch, ↑ …

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  • 23involuntary — adjective an involuntary urge Syn: spontaneous, instinctive, unconscious, unintentional, uncontrollable; reflex, automatic; informal knee jerk Ant: deliberate …

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  • 24involuntary — [ɪnˈvɒləntəri] adj an involuntary movement, sound, or reaction is a sudden one that you cannot control involuntarily adv …

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  • 25involuntary —   Me ka ae ole.    ♦ Involuntary servitude, ho ohana me ka ae ole …

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  • 26involuntary — An action that is not made by choice. In the body, involuntary actions (such as blushing) occur automatically, and cannot be controlled by choice …

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  • 27Involuntary memory — is a conception of human memory in which cues encountered in everyday life evoke recollections of the past without conscious effort. Its binary opposite is voluntary memory, a deliberate effort to recall the past. French author Marcel Proust… …

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  • 28Involuntary treatment — (also referred to by proponents as assisted treatment and by critics as forced drugging) refers to medical treatment undertaken without a person s consent. In almost all circumstances, involuntary treatment refers to psychiatric treatment… …

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  • 29Involuntary celibacy — (or incel) is the state of a person who has not established an intimate relationship or engaged in sexual intercourse for reasons other than voluntary celibacy or sexual abstinence. The term is used especially for adults who, despite general… …

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  • 30Involuntary servitude — is a United States legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person s will to benefit another, under some form of coercion. While laboring to benefit another occurs in the condition of slavery, involuntary servitude does… …

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