Voluntary abandonment is best described as:

• A. Someone does not complete crime because of moral conflict
• B. Coercion by another
• C. Legal justification
• D. Failure to act

Answer: (A)

Voluntary abandonment means stepping away from a crime before it’s completed because you truly decide not to go through with it, and you take steps to stop the plan. The emphasis is on the offender’s own volition—a genuine change of heart that leads to desistance, not external pressure or fear of getting caught. Describing this as stopping due to moral conflict fits that idea: the person reassesses the plan, chooses not to continue, and acts to prevent the offense from happening.

If the stopping were caused by someone forcing them (coercion), or if the decision to abandon came from the external situation rather than from the person’s own voluntary change, it wouldn’t be voluntary abandonment. Likewise, a legal justification isn’t the reason for ending the plan, and simply failing to act doesn’t demonstrate the self-directed renunciation required.