Definition of Optional

Op´tion`al
a.1.Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; allowed but not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.
If to the former the movement was not optional, it was the same that the latter chose when it was optional.
- Palfrey.
Original writs are either optional or peremptory.
- Blackstone.


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alternative, arbitrary, autonomous, discretional, discretionary, disjunctive, free, free will, gratuitous, independent, nonmandatory, offered, proffered, self-acting, self-active, self-determined, self-determining, spontaneous, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncompelled, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited, unsought, volitional, voluntary, volunteer, willful


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