indeterminism

noun

1. 1

   The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.

2. 2

   A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.

3. 3

   Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance.

4. 4

   A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.