If synderesis and free choice are rooted in the same volitional power, their relationship is one of hierarchical ordering, not opposition in the Aristotelian sense of contrariety or privation.
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The absence or lack of a property or perfection that a being is of the kind to possess.
Volitional power(as used in philosophy of mind and ethics)
The mental ability to want things, make decisions, and act on your desires—essentially, your capacity for will and intention.
contrariety(Distinguished from contradiction; a proposition may have multiple contraries but only one contradictory.)
A logical relation between propositions with the crucial properties that (i) the contradictory of a proposition A is not a contrary of A, and (ii) contrariety unilaterally entails contradiction.
free choice(Clarke's definition of libertarian free will as applied to divine agency)
A choice that logically requires the agent to have the power to choose otherwise than they actually chose
synderesis(Medieval moral psychology; distinguished from conscience and from the deliberative powers)
An innate orientation towards goodness that cannot be completely eradicated ontologically; in its proper functioning it 'murmurs' against evil and 'goads' the agent towards the good.