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.
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.
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.
A sufficient number to choose among.
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.
The best part; that which is preferable.
The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound.
Phrases & Compounds
To make a choice of
to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
Choice
a.
Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
My choicest hours of life are lost.
Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.