given the choice
- optionAvailable course of action
- choiceAct of selecting
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- alternativeAnother available choice
- freedomAbsence of constraint
decide · pick · select · opportunity · crossroads · fork · dilemma · weighing · deliberate · either · or · rather · instead · choosing · free will · autonomy · agency · possibilities
voluntariness/agency
given the choiceforced to
against one's will · mandated · involuntarily · without consent · at gunpoint
circumstantial freedom
given the choiceunder compulsion
Not by choice
backed into a corner · between a rock and a hard place · at gunpoint · by decree