Meaning of OPTIONAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'âpshunl
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| | Definition: | | [adj] possible but not necessary; left to personal choice |
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| | Synonyms: | | elective, ex gratia, facultative, nonmandatory, nonobligatory |
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| | Antonyms: | | obligatory | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Op"tion*al\, a.
Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option;
left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as,
optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay. --
n. See {Elective}, n.
If to the former the movement was not optional, it was
the same that the latter chose when it was optional.
--Palfrey.
Original writs are either optional or peremptory.
--Blackstone.
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| | Related Terms: | | alternative, arbitrary, autonomous, discretional, discretionary, disjunctive, elective, free, free will, gratuitous, independent, nonmandatory, offered, proffered, self-acting, self-active, self-determined, self-determining, spontaneous, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncompelled, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited, unsought, volitional, voluntary, volunteer, willful |
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