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  • adjective Of a selection, the property of having to choose explicitly to avoid or forbid something; a decision having the default option being inclusion or permission; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertisement.
  • noun the act of opting out of something
  • noun UK a school or hospital that has withdrawn from local control

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