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Because cultural and religious communities raise and educate children, they cannot be seen as purely voluntary opt-outs from the liberal state: they exercise coercive power over children, and so basic liberal principles about protecting the innocent from unjustified coercion come into play.
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- intransitive verb To make a choice or decision: opted for early retirement; opted not to go.
- phrasal verb opt out Slang To choose not to participate in something: "give individual schools the right to opt out of the local educational authority” (Newsweek).
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Because cultural and religious communities raise and educate children, they cannot be seen as purely voluntary opt-outs from the liberal state: they exercise coercive power over children, and so basic liberal principles about protecting the innocent from unjustified coercion come into play.
— Liberalism -
But by dint of hard work, personal charisma, and political acumen, and assisted in no small measure by the steady accumulation and astute use of arms and funds, Arafat managed to control Fatah, co-opt the leftists, keep the Islamists at bay and Arab states at arm's length.
— The Road from Mecca -
So he thinks it's going to be hard to co-opt (ph) it right now, because who wants to jump ship if you think you're already on the winning side?
— CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2009 -
But this has been the Obama folks and they have run this thing like a military opt, and they've really done it finally with a fine-tooth comb, and they've focused on the economy which is what voters here want to here.
— CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2008 -
You've heard of the opt-out, you've heard of the trigger.
— CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009
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- French opter, from Old French, from Latin optāre.
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