1. (n.) The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative\.

2. (n.) The exercise of the power of choice; choice.

3. (n.) A wishing; a wish.

4. (n.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.

5. (n.) A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit.

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