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You do what you like with it (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

free will

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(Other definitions for free will that I've seen before include "ability to act without direction" , "Power to act without constraint" , "The power of choosing own course of action" , "God-given right to determine one's own actions" , "The ability to choose" .)

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