mindmap root((自愿)) voluntary implies freedom and spontaneity of choice or action without external compulsion: ~ enlistment in the armed services. intentional stresses an awareness of an end to be achieved: the ~ concealment of vital information. deliberate implies full consciousness of the nature of one's act and its consequences: the ~ sabotaging of a nuclear plant. willful adds to deliberate the implication of an obstinate determination to follow one's own will or choice: ~ ignorance. willing implies a readiness and eagerness to accede to or anticipate the wishes of another: a ~ accomplice in a bank robbery.