at will
Whenever you choose
At will describes action taken whenever one chooses, without restriction or required justification: The contract allows either party to terminate at will.
In employment law, at-will employment means the employer can fire or the employee can quit at any time for any reason.
She could come and go at will.
Absence of unjust constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- unrestrainedNot held back
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
- freelyWithout restriction or hindrance
unrestricted · voluntarily · independently · spontaneously · unfettered · unimpeded · unhindered · whenever
Act of ending something
- dismissalRemoval from position
- layoffTermination without cause
- fireCombustion with flames
- hireTake on for work
right-to-work · precarious · probationary · workforce · employer · employee · resignation · exempt
Act of selecting
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- optionAvailable course of action
- selectivityTendency to choose carefully
discernment · prerogative · flexibility · deliberation · whim · pleasure · inclination · fancy
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- unrestrainedNot held back
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
freely · unrestricted · voluntarily · independently · spontaneously · unfettered · unimpeded · unhindered · whenever · however
termination
Act of ending something
hire · right-to-work · precarious · probationary · workforce · employer · employee · resignation · exempt · nonexempt
choice
Act of selecting
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- optionAvailable course of action
selectivity · discernment · prerogative · flexibility · deliberation · whim · pleasure · inclination · fancy · convenience
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
at willunder compulsion
Not by choice
against one's will · by force · involuntarily · compulsorily · obligatorily
at willon schedule
At the expected time
by appointment · according to plan · by the book · systematically · routinely
will, at, willing, unwilling, willful, goodwill, willingly, willingness, at-will