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Definition of by choice

: because one wants to I live here by choice. No one forced them to do it. They acted out of choice.

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“By choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20choice. Accessed 8 Dec. 2021.

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