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     #609.  Choice. —­ N. choice, option; discretion &c. (volition) 600;
preoption[obs3]; alternative; dilemma, embarras de choix[Fr]; adoption, cooptation[obs3]; novation[obs3]; decision &c. (judgment) 480.
     election; political election (politics) 737a.
     selection, excerption, gleaning, eclecticism; excerpta[obs3],
gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste; pick &c. (best) 650.
     preference, prelation[obs3], opinion poll, survey; predilection &c.
(desire) 865. 
     V. offers one’s choice, set before; hold out the alternative, present
the alternative, offer the alternative; put to the vote.
     use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion,
one’s option; adopt, take up, embrace, espouse; choose, elect, opt for; take one’s choice, make one’s choice; make choice of, fix upon.
     vote, poll, hold up one’s hand; divide.
     settle; decide &c. (adjudge) 480; list &c. (will) 600; make up one’s
mind &c. (resolve) 604.
     select; pick and choose; pick out, single out; cull, glean, winnow;
sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat; pick up, pitch upon; pick one’s way; indulge one’s fancy.
     set apart, mark out for; mark &c. 550.
     prefer; have rather, have as lief; fancy &c. (desire) 865; be
persuaded &c. 615.
     take a decided step, take a decisive step; commit oneself to a course;
pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon; cast in one’s lot with; take for better or for worse. 
     Adj. optional; discretional &c. (voluntary) 600.
     eclectic; choosing &c. v.; preferential; chosen &c. v.; choice &c.
(good) 648. 
     Adv. optionally &c. adj.; at pleasure &c. (will) 600; either the one
or the other; or at the option of; whether or not; once and for all; for one’s money.
     by choice, by preference; in preference; rather, before.

     #609a.  Absence of Choice. —­ N. no choice, Hobson’s choice; first come
first served, random selection; necessity &c. 601; not a pin to choose &c. (equality) 27; any, the first that comes; that or nothing.
     neutrality, indifference; indecision &c. (irresolution) 605;
arbitrariness.
     coercion (compulsion) 744. 
     V. be neutral &c. adj.; have no choice, have no election; waive, not
vote; abstain from voting, refrain from voting; leave undecided; “make a virtue of necessity” [Two Gentlemen]. 
     Adj. neutral, neuter; indifferent, uninterested; undecided &c.
(irresolute) 605. 
     Adv. either &c. (choice) 609. 
     Phr. who cares? what difference does it make?  “There’s not a dime’s
worth of difference between them.” [George Wallace].