Definition of election

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Election (a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other..

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Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals..
Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A person who votes more than once at an election.
Cento :: Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.
Choice :: Choice (n.) 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.
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n..
Poll :: Poll (v. i.) To vote at an election.
Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll..
Tanistry :: Tanistry (n.) In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book..
Optometer :: Optometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses..
Designation :: Designation (n.) Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
Semibull :: Semibull (n.) A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..
Elective :: Elective (a.) Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office..
Choice :: Choice (n.) The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
Fortition :: Fortition (n.) Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.
Election :: Election (a.) Those who are elected.
Option :: Option (n.) The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
Biennial :: Biennial (a.) Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election..
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