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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to select or decide freely;

e.g. I get to choose what kind of ice cream to buy this time.

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Opposite Words

Abstain

At

Delay

Deselect

Halt

Hesitate

Nix

Overrule

Pass

Rebuff

Reprobate

Shilly-shally

Stall

Temporize

Turndown

Vacillate

Waffle

Waver

Winnow

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Related Words

Adjudge

Adjudicate

Arbitrate

Arrange

Assign

Attach

Cogitate

Commission

Consider

Constitute

Contemplate

Covet

Crave

Cull

Debate

Decide

Decree

Define

Deliberate

Desire

Detail

Determine

Elect

Entertain

Fancy

Favor

Find

Handpick

Judge

Like

Meditate

Name

Pick

Place

Ponder

Prefer

Prescribe

Question

Referee

Resolve

Rule

Ruminate

Select

Settle

Specify

Study

Umpire

Weigh

Welcome

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Quotes

• "Happiness is not about what happens to you, but how you choose to respond to what happens." -- Karen Salmansohn

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