opting
Making a choice
Opting is choosing or deciding, typically among alternatives.
The word implies deliberate selection rather than passive acceptance: More employees are opting for remote work.
To opt in is to choose to participate; to opt out is to decline or withdraw: She opted out of the mailing list.
Settled course of action
- selectingPicking from options
- pickingAct of selecting
- electingSelecting by vote
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
choosing · deciding · preferring · settling · committing · resolving · going with · singling out
Power to act
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- volitionCapacity for choice
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- consentVoluntary agreement given
voluntary · independence · empowerment · self-governance · choice · liberty · discretion · prerogative
Disposition toward something
- leaningTendency toward something
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
- favoringShowing partiality toward
- gravitatingBeing pulled toward
predisposition · partiality · bias · affinity · penchant · predilection · fondness · proclivity
Formally joining an organization
- subscribingAgreeing to receive regularly
- joiningLinking into one
- withdrawingRemoving or pulling away
- decliningDecreasing in strength
abstaining · participating · signing up · registering · unsubscribing · consenting · refusing · waiving
Measuring mass or heft
- consideringMentally evaluating something
- evaluatingJudging quality or worth
- judgingForming an opinion
- discerningHaving keen judgment
prioritizing · mulling · pondering · assessing · reasoning · contemplating · reflecting · thinking through
decision
Settled course of action
determining · choosing · deciding · preferring · settling · committing · resolving · going with · singling out · taking
agency
Power to act
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- volitionCapacity for choice
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
consent · voluntary · independence · empowerment · self-governance · choice · liberty · discretion · prerogative · self-reliance
inclination
Disposition toward something
- leaningTendency toward something
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
- favoringShowing partiality toward
gravitating · predisposition · partiality · bias · affinity · penchant · predilection · fondness · proclivity · propensity
enrolling
Formally joining an organization
- subscribingAgreeing to receive regularly
- joiningLinking into one
- withdrawingRemoving or pulling away
declining · abstaining · participating · signing up · registering · unsubscribing · consenting · refusing · waiving · forgoing
weighing
Measuring mass or heft
- consideringMentally evaluating something
- evaluatingJudging quality or worth
- judgingForming an opinion
discerning · prioritizing · mulling · pondering · assessing · reasoning · contemplating · reflecting · thinking through · comparing
optingabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
opting out · declining · refusing · refraining · passing
optingdefaulting
Failing to repay debt
acquiescing · going along · drifting · settling · submitting
- opting outChoosing not to participate
- nuclear optionMost drastic available action
- stock optionContract to purchase shares
- opting inChoosing to participate
- clothing optionalAttire not mandatory
- first optionInitial available choice