"of one's own accord" meaning in English

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          "text": "[O]n mine ovvne accord, Ile off, / But firſt, Ile do my errand.",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 8:16–17, column 2:",
          "text": "But thankes bee to God which put the ſame earneſt care into the heart of Titus for you. For indeed he accepted the exhortation, but being more forward, of his owne accord he went vnto you.",
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          "text": "He feeds on fruits, vvhich, of their ovvn accord, / The vvilling Ground, and laden Trees afford.",
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          "text": "[T]his same car of justice, which he finds it so hard to put in motion on some occasions, can on others run fast enough down hill of its own accord, dragging his reluctant self backwards along with it, […]",
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          "text": "And yet I didn't mean to do anything very wrong, and when I did meet him I wouldn't as much as let him take me by the hand;—not of my own accord.",
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          "text": "Depend on it, Marilla, she'll cool off in a week or so and be ready enough to go back of her own accord, that's what, while, if you were to make her go back right off, dear knows what freak or tantrum she'd take next and make more trouble than ever.",
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        "On one's (or its) own initiative; under one's (or its) own power, without being commanded or controlled."
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          "word": "at one's own instigation"
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          "word": "autonomously"
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          "word": "mero motu"
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          "word": "off one's own bat"
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          "word": "on one's own bat"
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          "word": "spontaneously"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "inkʻnəstinkʻyan",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "自願"
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          "roman": "zìyuàn",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "自愿"
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
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          "word": "goedschiks"
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "op eigen houtje"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "eigener beweging"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "omin luvin"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "vapaaehtoisesti"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "de sa propre initiative"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "de son propre chef"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "auf eigene Faust"
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          "roman": "āpameḷe",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
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          "roman": "potānī meḷe",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
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          "word": "af sjálfsdáðum"
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "að fyrra bragði"
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          "english": "unasked",
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
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          "english": "voluntary",
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "as do stuaim féin"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "de dheoin"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "de do dheoin féin"
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
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          "word": "de do leontaíl féin"
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
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          "word": "de do leointe féin"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "da sé"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "di propria iniziativa"
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          "alt": "じはつてき",
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          "roman": "jihatsuteki",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "自発的"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "dobróvolno",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "добро́волно"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "po sópstvena žélba",
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          "roman": "po sópstvena vólja",
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "na własne życzenie"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "z dobrej i nieprzymuszonej woli"
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          "roman": "dobrovólʹno",
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          "word": "доброво́льно"
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          "roman": "po sóbstvennoj vóle",
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          "word": "по со́бственной во́ле"
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          "roman": "po sóbstvennomu želániju",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "по со́бственному жела́нию"
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "av sig själv"
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          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "på eget bevåg"
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          "word": "självmant"
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          "roman": "dobrovílʹno",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "доброві́льно"
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          "roman": "z vlásnoji vóli",
          "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
          "word": "з вла́сної во́лі"
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          "text": "Depend on it, Marilla, she'll cool off in a week or so and be ready enough to go back of her own accord, that's what, while, if you were to make her go back right off, dear knows what freak or tantrum she'd take next and make more trouble than ever.",
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          "initiative",
          "initiative"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "commanded",
          "command#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "controlled",
          "control#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "at one's own instigation"
        },
        {
          "word": "autonomously"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "law"
          ],
          "word": "mero motu"
        },
        {
          "word": "off one's own bat"
        },
        {
          "word": "on one's own bat"
        },
        {
          "word": "spontaneously"
        },
        {
          "english": "one sense",
          "word": "under one's own steam"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əv ˌwʌnz əʊn əˈkɔːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əv ˌwʌnz oʊn əˈkɔɹd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-us-of_one%27s_own_accord.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)d"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "inkʻnəstinkʻyan",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "ինքնըստինքյան"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "自願"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìyuàn",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "自愿"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "goedschiks"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "op eigen houtje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "eigener beweging"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "omin luvin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "vapaaehtoisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "de sa propre initiative"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "de son propre chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "auf eigene Faust"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "autóthen",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "αὐτόθεν"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "āpameḷe",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "આપમેળે"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "āpoāpa",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "આપોઆપ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "potānī meḷe",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "પોતાની મેળે"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "potmeḷe",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "પોતમેળે"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "svameḷe",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "સ્વમેળે"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "svayã",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "સ્વયં"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "af sjálfsdáðum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "að fyrra bragði"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "unasked",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "óbeðinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "voluntary",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "sjálfviljugur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "as do stuaim féin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "de dheoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "de do dheoin féin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ],
      "word": "de do leontaíl féin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ],
      "word": "de do leointe féin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "da sé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "di propria iniziativa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じはつてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jihatsuteki",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "自発的"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dobróvolno",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "добро́волно"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "po sópstvena žélba",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "по со́пствена же́лба"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "po sópstvena vólja",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "по со́пствена во́лја"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "na własne życzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "z dobrej i nieprzymuszonej woli"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic"
      ],
      "word": "z własnej i nieprzymuszonej woli"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "z własnej woli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobrovólʹno",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "доброво́льно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po sóbstvennoj vóle",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "по со́бственной во́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po sóbstvennomu želániju",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "по со́бственному жела́нию"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "av sig själv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "på eget bevåg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "självmant"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dobrovílʹno",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "доброві́льно"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "z vlásnoji vóli",
      "sense": "on one’s (or its) own initiative — see also autonomously",
      "word": "з вла́сної во́лі"
    }
  ],
  "word": "of one's own accord"
}