Meaning of of one's own accord | Babel Free

Definitions

On one's (or its) own initiative; under one's (or its) own power, without being commanded or controlled.

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Examples

“[O]n mine ovvne accord, Ile off, / But firſt, Ile do my errand.”

“But thankes bee to God which put the ſame earneſt care into the heart of Titus for you. For indeed he accepted the exhortation, but being more forward, of his owne accord he went vnto you.”

“He feeds on fruits, vvhich, of their ovvn accord, / The vvilling Ground, and laden Trees afford.”

“[T]his same car of justice, which he finds it so hard to put in motion on some occasions, can on others run fast enough down hill of its own accord, dragging his reluctant self backwards along with it, […]”

“And yet I didn't mean to do anything very wrong, and when I did meet him I wouldn't as much as let him take me by the hand;—not of my own accord.”

“Depend on it, Marilla, she'll cool off in a week or so and be ready enough to go back of her own accord, that's what, while, if you were to make her go back right off, dear knows what freak or tantrum she'd take next and make more trouble than ever.”

“On the return journey, however, the whistle began to sound once more of its own accord, and was still going at full blast when the train reached Barnstaple at about 9 p.m.”

“An online petition supporting her deportation received more than 40,000 signatures. Home Affairs minister Tony Burke said his department was reviewing whether it could revoke Jones's visa. However, the BBC understands that she left the country of her own accord.”

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