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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Election \E*lec"tion\, noun [F. ['e]lection, L. electio, fr. eligere to choose out. See {Elect}, adjective]
1. The act of choosing; choice; selection.
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.
Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom. --J. Adams.
3. Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act. ''By his own election led to ill.'' --Daniel.
4. Discriminating choice; discernment. [Obs.]
To use men with much difference and election is good. --Bacon.
5. (Theol.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the ''five points'' of Calvinism.
There is a remnant according to the election of grace. --Rom. xi. 5.
6. (Law) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
7. Those who are elected. [Obs.]
The election hath obtained it. --Rom. xi. 7.
{To contest an election}. See under {Contest}.
{To make one's election}, to choose.
He has made his election to walk, in the main, in the old paths. --Fitzed. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
election
noun
1: a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
2: the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
3: the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"
4: the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "election": Calvinism, accession, alternative, alternativity, anointing, anointment, apostolic orders, appointment, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, by-election, calling, canonization, caucus, choice, choosing, closed primary, co-optation, co-option, conferment, congressional election, consecration, contested election, coronation, decision, delegation, deputation, designation, determinism, direct primary, druthers, electing, empowerment, fatalism, first choice, free choice, free will, general election, holy orders, induction, installation, institution, investiture, legitimate succession, major orders, mandatory primary, minor orders, nomination, nonpartisan primary, open primary, option, optional primary, ordainment, orders, ordination, partisan election, pick, plebiscite, political election, poll, predestinarianism, predeterminism, preference, preference primary, preferment, preoption, presentation, presidential election, presidential preference primary, presidential primary, primary, primary election, reading in, referendum, runoff, runoff election, runoff primary, seizure, selection, succession, taking over, the pick, usurpation, volition, vote, voting, will
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