predetermination

Noun

• the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place

• a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
  • he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong
    

• (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  predestination , foreordination , preordination