Direct and Voluntary

Direct

Direct adjective - Done or working without something else coming in between.

Voluntary and direct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Voluntary" instead an adjective "Direct".

Voluntary

Voluntary adjective - Done, made, or given with one's own free will.

Direct and voluntary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead an adjective "Voluntary".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / SWAT 4 Scoring a direct hit on a suspect with it will cause completely voluntary compliance on the suspect's part, instead of the incapacitation or death which it would likely cause in reality.
  • Today we would distinguish between what's called "representative democracy" (in their view a small elites, who owe their election to popular vote, but once in power Sell Out and serve the hegemony) and participatory or direct democracy in a voluntary form.
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