crossroads
    n 1: a community of people smaller than a village [syn:
         hamlet, crossroads]
    2: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision
       must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do";
       "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a
       critical point" [syn: juncture, critical point,
       crossroads]
    3: a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at
       the crossroads between psychology and neurology"