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Option

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

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deciding 76% connected

of Decide

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Derivative 76% connected

Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivat…

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Narrower term 23

Ballot 76% connected

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Balloting 76% connected

of Ballot

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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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Casting 76% connected

of Cast

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Coloration 76% connected

The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.

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Conclusion 76% connected

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

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Decision 76% connected

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

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Default 76% connected

A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the govern…

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Determination 76% connected

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

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Election 76% connected

The act of choosing; choice; selection.

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Excerption 76% connected

The act of excerpting or selecting.

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Hobson's choice 76% connected

A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

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Impossibility 76% connected

The quality of being impossible; impracticability.

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Obverse 76% connected

Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Possibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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Preference 76% connected

The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice;…

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Straddle 76% connected

To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

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Volition 76% connected

The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.

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Vote 76% connected

An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

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Voting 76% connected

of Vote

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Willing 76% connected

of Will

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Alternative 74% connected

Offering a choice of two things.

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Alternative 74% connected

Offering a choice of two things.

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Pick 74% connected

To throw; to pitch.

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Pick 74% connected

To throw; to pitch.

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Synonym 4

Alternative 92% connected

Offering a choice of two things.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Choice 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pick 92% connected

To throw; to pitch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Selection 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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