judgment
noun
- decision making; evaluation of evidence to make a decision
- synonymous with the formal decision made by a court following a lawsuit
Wiktionary
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.
- The act of judging.
“The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.”
- 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”
- 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 […]”
- 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.”
- The final award; the last sentence.