Choice
Refusal
Refusal noun - An unwillingness to grant something asked for.
Choice and refusal are semantically related in option topic. Sometimes you can use "Choice" instead a noun "Refusal", if it concerns topics such as unwillingness.
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How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Refusal of the Call : Mio really doesn't want to be Romeo for the school play, except, she doesn't have a choice.
Source: Manga / K-On! - Refusal of the Call: The Warden never wanted to be a Grey Warden, but Duncan didnt give her a choice.
Source: Fan Fic / Middleof Nowhere - He is literally given no choice in the matter, nor is the possibility of any refusal even mentioned.
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