unnecessitatedadj.
/ˌʌnnᵻˈsɛsᵻteɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənnəˈsɛsəˌteɪdᵻd/ Not necessitated; not fixed or determined by necessity; avoidable. Also: not compelled; free.
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the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > non-obligatory
uncompulsory1567
unnecessitated1635
unobligatory1645
non-essential1647
unobliged1726
optional1779
unimperative1817
facultative1822
the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > not compelled or forced
unconstrainedc1386
undistraineda1400
uncompelled1470
unastrainedc1480
uncommandeda1535
uncoacted1545
unforced1605
unenforced1607
undriven1615
incoact1616
incoacteda1676
unnecessitated1712
uncoerced1791
1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. v. 49 All other habituall sinnes or vices are not acquired but by many unnecessitated vicious acts.
1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 376 To expose himselfe voluntarily to dangers unnecessitated.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 340 From all Compulsion free, Unforc'd, and unnecessitated, we Our selves determine.
?1795 Thoughts upon Calvinism 10 In the Protestant countries, those who had the courage to maintain the doctrines of justice, good works, and unnecessitated obedience, were branded as Papists, Merit-mongers, and Hereticks.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vi. 81 No atom of this turbulence fulfils A vague and unnecessitated task.
1842 E. S. Wortley Maiden of Moscow i. 27 None plunge the lost, in fate so far As unnecessitated war!
1910 L. Lewisohn tr. E. von Feuchtersleben Health & Suggestion i. 35 Goethe..achieved his end through the sheer exertion of unnecessitated will.
1993 C. E. Gunton One, Three & Many ii. 64 Freedom becomes a function of unnecessitated reciprocity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1635