voluntary failure

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• Voluntary — • Wilful, proceeding from the will Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Voluntary     Voluntary     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Voluntary Human Extinction Movement — (zu deutsch etwa „Bewegung für das freiwillige Aussterben der Menschheit“), besser bekannt unter der Abkürzung VHEMT (ausgesprochen auch vehement), ist eine tiefenökologische geistige Strömung, die für das freiwillige Aussterben der Menschen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• voluntary abortion — Abortion A*bor tion ([.a]*b[^o]r sh[u^]n), n. [L. abortio, fr. aboriri. See {Abort}.] 1. The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• voluntary ignorance — The failure to make a reasonable use of a means readily available for obtaining information. 37 Am J2d Fraud § 248 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• voluntary waste — Waste committed by acts o commission such as destroying, altering, or removing buildings, or cutting down trees, as distinguished from the mere failure to exercise care to preserve and protect the estate. 56 Am J1st Waste § 4 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Ignorance — • Lack of knowledge about a thing in a being capable of knowing Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ignorance     Ignorance     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Race suicide — The voluntary failure of the members of a race or people to have a number of children sufficient to keep the birth rate equal to the death rate. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome — Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which… …   Medical dictionary

• Curse, Ondine's — Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which… …   Medical dictionary

• Ondine's curse — Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which… …   Medical dictionary

• Syndrome, congenital central hypoventilation (CCHS) — Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which… …   Medical dictionary