novation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: no=va=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

novation, n. [L. novatio; novus new: cf. F. novation.].

•  Innovation.  [1913 Webster]

  "I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths."  [1913 Webster]
•  A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation; debt restructuring.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

novation

Choice

N choice, option, discretion, preoption, alternative, dilemma, embarras de choix, adoption, cooptation, novation, decision, election, political election (politics), selection, excerption, gleaning, eclecticism, excerpta, gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste, pick, preference, prelation, opinion poll, survey, predilection, optional, discretional, eclectic, choosing, preferential, chosen, choice, optionally, at pleasure, either the one or the other, or at the option of, whether or not, once and for all, for one's money, by choice, by preference, in preference, rather, before.