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nonobligatory

ADJECTIVE
discretionary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
unrestricted
WEAK
at the call elective facultative judge and jury leftover nonmandatory open optional
Antonyms
WEAK
nondiscretionary
ADJECTIVE
elective
Synonyms
STRONGEST
electoral
STRONG
constituent voluntary voting
WEAK
discretionary facultative not compulsory optional selective
Antonyms
WEAK
required
ADJECTIVE
facultative
Synonyms
WEAK
discretional discretionary elective noncompulsory not required volitional voluntary
ADJECTIVE
optional
Synonyms
WEAK
alternative arbitrary discretional discretionary elective extra facultative free no strings attached noncompulsory not required open unforced unrestricted up to the individual volitional voluntary
Antonyms
WEAK
compulsory forced required

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The conscience, mind you, of gentlemen who were hearing these "nonobligatory agreements" expounded for the first time and on August 3, 1914.

From Time Magazine Archive

The museum, which just received its 50 millionth visitor, is probably the world's biggest institution of informal, nonobligatory mass scientific education.

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