01 n. The act of choosing; choice; selection.
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The act of choosing; choice; selection.
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The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.“Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom.” — J. Adams.
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Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
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Discriminating choice; discernment.[Obs.]“To use men with much difference and election is good.” — Bacon.
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Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the “five points” of Calvinism.(Theol.)“There is a remnant according to the election of grace.” — Rom. xi. 5.
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The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.(Law)
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Those who are elected.[Obs.]“The election hath obtained it.” — Rom. xi. 7.“He has made his election to walk, in the main, in the old paths.” — Fitzed. Hall.