of one's own accord
By personal choice
Of one's own accord means voluntarily, without being asked or forced.
Someone who acts of their own accord does so by personal choice: She apologized of her own accord.
The phrase emphasizes that no external pressure prompted the action.
When something happens of its own accord, it occurs spontaneously or automatically: The door swung open of its own accord.
- unpromptedDone without being asked
- choiceAct of selecting
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- personal agencyPower to act independently
free agency · unbidden · initiative · intentional · self-directed · volitional · liberty · willingness · by choice · self-determination · independence · spontaneity · self-governance · uncoerced · self-reliance · unrestrained · self-motivated · choosing
of one's own accordunder compulsion
Not by choice
by force · against one's will · involuntarily · compulsorily · forcibly
accord, intend, volunteer, intended, voluntary, according, volunteered, intending, accordance