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1 definition found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
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