spontaneity and spontaneous

spontaneity and spontaneous
   Spontaneity is the quality of being spontaneous: behavior proceeding from natural feeling or from a momentary impulse, without having been planned or labored; developing from within, without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment; not apparently contrived or manipulated. (spahn'te-nay"eh-tee)

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