Source : WordNet®

crossroads
     n 1: a community of people smaller than a village [syn: {hamlet}]
     2: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision
        must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to
        do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands
        at a critical point" [syn: {juncture}, {critical point}]
     3: a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at
        the crossroads between psychology and neurology"