självmant
Meaning
voluntarily, of one's own accord
In Swedish: utan att bli uppmanad, frivilligt
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självmant in a sentence
- Han överlämnade sig självmant till polisenHe voluntarily surrendered himself to the police
Questions
What does självmant mean in English?
självmant means “voluntarily, of one's own accord”.
Similar words
Origin
själv (“self”) + mana (“urge; encourage”), from Old Swedish siælfmanter.
Nearby common words
självmant is number 9,902 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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