Definition of "uncoerced" [uncoerced]

• Not brought about by coercion or force (adjective)

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• ""A confession cannot fairly be called 'uncoerced' that results from the sort of calculated manipulation that appears to be present here - even if the police did not actually beat or torture the confessor, or threaten to do so," Judge Robert S. Smith wrote in a concurring opinion."
• "But who could argue with the natural, totally uncoerced smiles and sparkle on all of those faces?"
• "Ali Soufan, left, one of the few Arabic-speaking agents at the FBI before 9/11, was able to solicit a great deal of uncoerced information from al-Qaeda insiders."