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Decision

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

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Narrower term 9

Appointment 76% connected

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

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Assignment 76% connected

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Designation 76% connected

The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Naming 76% connected

of Name

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Predetermination 76% connected

The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.

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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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Sortition 76% connected

Selection or appointment by lot.

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Broader term 15

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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Firmness 76% connected

The state or quality of being firm.

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Judgement 76% connected

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

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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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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Option 76% connected

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

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Outcome 76% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Pick 76% connected

To throw; to pitch.

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Resoluteness 76% connected

The quality of being resolute.

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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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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Resultant 76% connected

Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.

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Selection 76% connected

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

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Conclude 74% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Conclude 74% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Decisive 74% connected

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

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Decisive 74% connected

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

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Reason 74% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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Reason 74% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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Conclusion 92% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Determination 92% connected

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

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Antonym 2

Indecision 94% connected

Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.

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Indecision 94% connected

Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.

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