of one's own free will

of one's own free will
of one's own accord & of one's own free will
by one's own choice, without coercion. •

I wish that Sally would choose to do it of her own accord.

I'll have to order her to do it because she won't do it of her own free will.

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See: OF ONE'S OWN ACCORD.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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