Choice (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. √46. Cf. Choose.] 1. 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.
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2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
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Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.
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3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
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I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and choice. Bacon.
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4. A sufficient number to choose among. Shak.
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5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
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The common wealth is sick of their own choice. Shak.
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6. The best part; that which is preferable.
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The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound. Milton.
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To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.

Syn. - See Volition, Option.
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