judg·ment
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| 1. | an act or instance of judging. |
| 2. | the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, esp. in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion: a man of sound judgment. |
| 3. | the demonstration or exercise of such ability or capacity: The major was decorated for the judgment he showed under fire. |
| 4. | the forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion, as from circumstances presented to the mind: Our judgment as to the cause of his failure must rest on the evidence. |
| 5. | the opinion formed: He regretted his hasty judgment. |
| 6. | Law.
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| 7. | a misfortune regarded as inflicted by divine sentence, as for sin. |
| 8. | (usually initial capital letter ) Also called Last Judgment, Final Judgment. the final trial of all people, both the living and dead, at the end of the world. |
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| judge·ment
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n. Variant of judgment. |
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| judg·ment also judge·ment
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[Middle English jugement, from Old French, from jugier, to judge, from Latin iūdicāre; see judge.] |
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| judgement | |
noun | |
| 1. | the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" [syn: opinion] |
| 2. | an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" [syn: judgment] |
| 3. | the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions [syn: judgment] |
| 4. | the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations [syn: sagacity] |
| 5. | the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment] |
| 6. | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it [syn: judgment] |
| 7. | the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" [syn: judgment] |
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