election
election Lexical Profile
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• noun
A formal and organized process of selecting a person for public office or of accepting or rejecting a political proposition by voting.
"Voter turnout in the municipal election was the highest recorded in two decades."
The formal act or option of choosing between two or more alternatives or rights, especially in legal or financial contexts.
"The taxpayer made a formal election to defer the recognition of capital gains until the following fiscal year."
In Christian theology, the divine choice of certain individuals or groups by God for salvation or a special religious purpose.
"The seventeenth-century treatise explored the Reformed doctrine of divine election and grace."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French eleccion, from Latin electio ('a choosing'), derived from eligere ('to pick out, select'), from ex- ('out') and legere ('to choose, gather, or read').