of one's own accord

of one's own accord

English

Prepositional phrase

of one's own accord

1. Voluntarily, under one's own power, without being commanded or controlled.

   Synonyms: off one's own bat, on one's own initiative, at one's own instigation, (one sense) under one's own steam

Usage notes

The variant on one's own accord is attested but is considered incorrect by some.

Translations

without being commanded or controlled

Chinese: Mandarin: 自願／自愿 (zh) (zìyuàn) Finnish: vapaaehtoisesti (fi) French: de son propre chef (fr), de sa propre initiative German: auf eigene Faust (de) (literally “on one's own fist”) Icelandic: af sjálfsdáðum, (unasked) óbeðinn, (voluntary) sjálfviljugur, að fyrra bragði Irish: as do stuaim féin, de do dheoin féin, de do leontaíl féin (Ulster), de do leointe féin (Munster) Italian: di propria iniziativa Polish: z dobrej i nieprzymuszonej woli Russian: доброво́льно (ru) (dobrovólʹno), по со́бственной во́ле (po sóbstvennoj vóle), по со́бственному жела́нию (po sóbstvennomu želániju) Swedish: självmant (sv), av sig själv (sv), på eget bevåg (sv)

See also

• spontaneous
• leave to one's own devices

References

• “of one's own accord”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “of its own accord”, in Collins English Dictionary.