To accept or take on an obligation or liability.
To accept blame, punishment, or accountability for something within one's role or chain of command, especially when a leader protects the subordinates who caused the problem.
To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.
To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
To offer, usually unprompted.
To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.
A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.
A voluntary member of the organized militia of a country, as distinguished from a regular or member of the standing army.
One who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers), as opposed to a conscript.
A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.
One who enters into, or offers themself for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.
A person who acts out of their own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.