Optional: alternatives and connections

Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there is no other alternative"; "my only choi…

To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced th…

Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely rep…

the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

an investor who buys a call option

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there is no other alternative"; "my only choi…

A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same…

an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified

Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.

At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.

Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.

the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline,…

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.

Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.