2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] --Holland.
There is something else than the mere alternative of
absolute destruction or unreformed existence.
--Burke.
2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's
choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only,
the two things are called {alternatives}.
Having to choose between two alternatives, safety
and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of
another.
If this demand is refused the alternative is war.
--Lewis.
With no alternative but death. --Longfellow.
4. A choice between more than two things; one of several
things offered to choose among.
My decided preference is for the fourth and last of
these alternatives. --Gladstone.