Choice n.
1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. --Hooker.
3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and choice. --Bacon.
4. A sufficient number to choose among.
5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
The common wealth is sick of their own choice. --Shak.
6. The best part; that which is preferable.
The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound. --Milton.
To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
Syn: - See Volition, Option.