Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the following questions.
One of my colleagues tried to steal cash from the clutch of a lady to buy movie passes. Coincidentally that woman was my mother, she was asking for help suddenly a policeman who was arriving from the other side of the street, caught him. The boy gave back all the cash of my mother at the cost of capturing him in the crime of stealing. But, my mother being kind in nature asked the policeman to leave him. She gave him another opportunity to change his manner of stealing by responding to him that you should work hard to become adequate enough to buy everything you need. Stealing items will send you in prison. This particular instance left a profound mark on him and he started studying hard. It was his hard work that allowed him to become a big businessman today.
One day, he met us in a store; we even did not remember him. He came to my mother and said Aunt, thank you for your forgiveness because if that day you threw me in jail by taking revenge for my impression. It could result in the destruction of my life and family.
Which of the following is a synonym of the word "opportunity"?