in·vol·un·tar·y ( n-v l  n-t r  )adj. 1. Acting or done without or against one's will: an involuntary participant in what turned out to be an argument. 2. Not subject to control of the volition: gave an involuntary start. See Synonyms at spontaneous. in·vol un·tari·ly (-târ-l) adv.in·vol un·tari·ness n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  involuntariness - the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance - a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" resistance - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
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