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Deciding

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Decisive 84% connected

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Decisive 84% connected

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Alternative 76% connected

Offering a choice of two things.

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Choice 76% connected

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 prefe…

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Closure 76% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Cull 76% connected

To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.

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Determination 76% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

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Eclecticism 76% connected

Theory or practice of an eclectic.

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groupthink 76% connected

When a group values agreement so highly that it stops challenging weak ideas.

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judging 76% connected

of Judge

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Officiating 76% connected

of Officiate

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Option 76% connected

The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.

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Pick 76% connected

To throw; to pitch.

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Resolution 76% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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Reversal 76% connected

Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

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Selection 76% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

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Settlement 76% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

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Umpirage 76% connected

The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.

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Determinant 92% connected

Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Determinative 92% connected

Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Determining 92% connected

of Determine

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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