voluntary

It can be involuntary – for example, if a person is in a coma and unable to give their consent – or voluntary, as in this case.

The university said it was "carefully managing staff vacancies and offering a voluntary severance scheme to help avoid the need for compulsory redundancies".

People can currently make voluntary extra contributions to plug National Insurance gaps back to 2006.

Even though the voluntary program demands a “net outpouring” of his funds and a large time commitment, he calls it a “labor of love.”

But scores of other laborers detained in the raid were transported to the El Centro Station for processing, then pressured to sign voluntary deportation agreements, according to the complaint.