Compatibilism

Etymology

From Latin "compatibilis" (able to coexist), via "com-" (together) and "pati" (to bear). The position is old — held by Hobbes and Hume — but the term "compatibilism" is a 20th-century coinage naming the compatibility it asserts between free will and a determined world.

noun · /kum-PAT-uh-bil-iz-um/
The view that free will and determinism can both be true, because freedom means acting on your own desires, not escaping causation.
What it names
A handle for a middle path in the free-will debate — reach for it when you want to keep moral responsibility without denying that everything has causes.
Example
A compatibilist says the addict acted unfreely but the calm shopper choosing tea acted freely — even if both were fully caused.
Related idea
It stands against hard determinism, which concludes that if everything is caused, no one is ever truly free or responsible.