against one's will



against one's will

Without one's consent, forcibly, as in The defendant knew he could not be made to testify against his will. Originally one meaning of will was "acquiescence" or "consent," but this sense survives only in this idiom, which today nearly always implies some use of force. [c. 1400]
See also: will

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SÉPhora-French
Mintxo-Basque
JereYE-re (Finnish), JER-ee (English)Finnish, English
Odilieo-DEE-lee-əGerman (Archaic)
Filimena-Macedonian
Alexandr-Czech