What is another word for at pleasure?

Pronunciation: [at plˈɛʒə] (IPA)

"At pleasure" is a phrase that refers to doing something exclusively based on one's own choice. It implies doing something without any obligation, rather than being commanded by any law or rule. If you are someone who likes to use different phrases to convey the same meaning, here are some synonyms for "at pleasure" that you can use. The first one is "at will," which is a more formal version of the phrase. The second one is "at whim," which implies sudden and arbitrary decision making. Finally, "voluntarily" is another synonym that means doing something willingly without any external force.

What are the opposite words for at pleasure?

Antonyms for "at pleasure" include "against one's will," "compulsorily," "necessitated," "obliged," "under compulsion," "angered," and "forced." It refers to something that is not done voluntarily, but rather imposed or required by an external force or factor. This stands in contrast to the notion of doing something at one's pleasure, or according to one's own preferences and desires. The use of antonyms for "at pleasure" emphasizes the limited agency of the subject, which is often subject to external pressures and constraints that must be complied with.

What are the antonyms for At pleasure?

Famous quotes with At pleasure

  • Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
    Abraham Lincoln
  • For the greater beauty of the instrument, the balls representing the planets are to be of considerable bigness; but so contrived, that they may be taken off at pleasure, and others, much smaller, and fitter for some purposes, put in their places.
    David Rittenhouse
  • It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
    Marquis de Sade
  • The more the people are discontented with the oppression of taxes; the greater need the prince has of money to distribute among his partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance, and enable him to plunder at pleasure. There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharaoh, get first all the peoples money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants for ever. . .
    Benjamin Franklin
  • In a statesman’s transactions there are many things which cannot be communicated otherwise than by manner without inconvenient commitment or controversy; and that will be the most serviceable manner which can be expressive or inexpressive at pleasure, and be used as a dark lantern to his meanings.
    Henry Taylor

Related words: at the pleasure, at your leisure, at your pleasure, for the pleasure of, for pleasure of, for the pleasure

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