English-Dutch translations for voluntary

• gewillig
• voluntair
• voluntarius
• vrijwillig
  Ten eerste is hij niet vrijwillig. For a start it is not voluntary.
  Het heeft steeds een vrijwillig karakter gehad. It has been a voluntary activity.
  Vrijwillige registratie is niet genoeg. Voluntary registration is not enough.

Definition of voluntary

• Done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Done by design or intention; intentional
• Working or done without payment
• Of or relating to voluntarism
• Voluntarily
• A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument

Examples

• If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
• a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church

Related words

• involuntary
• voluntary sector
• voluntary manslaughter
• voluntary muscle
• voluntary work
• voluntary servitude
• voluntary return
• involuntary treatment
• involuntary movement