Learn English – the opposite of compulsion

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If I am acting based on a compulsion, then I am acting because I am forced to do so. I have given up my power to chose. What is the opposite of this? If I decide to act after careful analysis and decision, what is this called?

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You are acting of your own volition, which Merriam Webster defines as "the power to make your own choices or decisions".

Or you could say you are acting of your own accord, which Wiktionary defines as "voluntarily, without being told to or asked to".

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