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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. {Choicer}; superl. {Choicest}.]
   1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior;
      precious; valuable.

            My choicest hours of life are lost.   --Swift.

   2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; --
      used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.

   3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference;
      deliberately chosen.

            Choice word measured phrase.          --Wordsworth.

   Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
        chary; careful/

Choice \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. [root]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.

   2. 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.
                                                  --Hooker.

   3. 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 C[ae]sar] were
            collected with judgment and choice.   --Bacon.

   4. A sufficient number to choose among. --Shak.

   5. 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.
                                                  --Shak.

   6. The best part; that which is preferable.

            The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound
            to bound.                             --Milton.

   {To make a choice of}, to choose; to select; to separate and
      take in preference.

   Syn: Syn. - See {Volition}, {Option}.

Source : WordNet®

choice
     adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
            carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: {prime(a)},
             {prize}, {quality}, {select}]
     2: appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"

choice
     n 1: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
          mayor" [syn: {pick}, {selection}]
     2: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
        unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: {selection},
        {option}, {pick}]
     3: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;
        "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative";
        "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: {option}, {alternative}]
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