The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Election \E*lec"tion\, n. [F. ['e]lection, L. electio, fr.
   eligere to choose out. See Elect, a.]
   1. The act of choosing; choice; selection.
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   2. The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to
      membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or
      viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.
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            Corruption in elections is the great enemy of
            freedom.                              --J. Adams.
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   3. Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
      "By his own election led to ill." --Daniel.
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   4. Discriminating choice; discernment. [Obs.]
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            To use men with much difference and election is
            good.                                 --Bacon.
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   5. (Theol.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as
      objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five
      points" of Calvinism.
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            There is a remnant according to the election of
            grace.                                --Rom. xi. 5.
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   6. (Law) 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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   7. Those who are elected. [Obs.]
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            The election hath obtained it.        --Rom. xi. 7.
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   To contest an election. See under Contest.

   To make one's election, to choose.
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            He has made his election to walk, in the main, in
            the old paths.                        --Fitzed.
                                                  Hall.
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