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judgment

noun

  1. decision making; evaluation of evidence to make a decision
  2. synonymous with the formal decision made by a court following a lawsuit
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Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ / /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.

  1. The act of judging.

    The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.

  2. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.

    a man of judgment / a man of good judgment

    a politician without judgment

  3. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

    She in my judgment was as fair as you.

    Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […]

  4. The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.

    In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own

    Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.

  5. The final award; the last sentence.