of one's own accord
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Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; Ð preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
To give to everyone who asks is not so pleasant as to give of one's own accord.
From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo)
It also carries the meaning self, of one's own accord: i bobongi ka manata tetea ana marana the morrow can take care of itself.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)
Ann. vi. 23; whereas sua sponte, quite of one’s own accord, like αὐτομάτως, in opp. to rogatus, provocatus, or invitatus.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
Hence it is folly and overscrupulousness to add restrictions of one's own accord except in critical instances, as indicated above.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
