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HTML

<select id="autoship_option" data-placeholder="Choose Option..."  
style="width: 175px;" class="chzn-select"> 
    <option value=""></option> 
    <option value="active" selected>Active Autoship</option> 
</select> 
    <input type="button" id="clearSel" value="Celar" />

JavaScript

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    //jQuery('#autoship_option').val('');

    jQuery("#clearSel").on("click", function() {
        jQuery('#autoship_option').val('');
    });
});