judg·ment also judge·ment (j j m nt)n. 1. The act or process of judging; the formation of an opinion after consideration or deliberation. 2. a. The mental ability to perceive and distinguish relationships; discernment: Fatigue may affect a pilot's judgment of distances. b. The capacity to form an opinion by distinguishing and evaluating: His judgment of fine music is impeccable. c. The capacity to assess situations or circumstances and draw sound conclusions; good sense: She showed good judgment in saving her money. See Synonyms at reason. 3. An opinion or estimate formed after consideration or deliberation, especially a formal or authoritative decision: awaited the judgment of the umpire. 4. Law a. A determination of a court of law; a judicial decision. b. A court act creating or affirming an obligation, such as a debt. c. A writ in witness of such an act. 5. An assertion of something believed. 6. A misfortune believed to be sent by God as punishment for sin. 7. Judgment The Last Judgment. [Middle English jugement, from Old French, from jugier, to judge, from Latin i  dic re; see judge.] |
judgment or judgement
Noun
1. a decision formed after careful consideration: the editorials reserve their judgment about the new political plan
2. the verdict pronounced by a court of law
3. the ability to make critical distinctions and achieve a balanced viewpoint: their judgment was unsound on foreign and defence issues
4. the formal decision of the judge of a competition
5. against one's better judgment contrary to what one thinks is sensible: against my better judgment, I asked for another bourbon
6. pass judgment to give one's opinion, usually a critical one, on a matter
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| Noun | 1. |  judgment - an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"conclusion, decision, determination - a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view - a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" |
| 2. | judgment - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" justice - judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments adjudication - the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented disapproval - the act of disapproving or condemning evaluation, rating - act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of estimate, estimation - a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent" logistic assessment - a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation value judgement, value judgment - an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed | |
| 3. | judgment - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it due process, due process of law - (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards reversal - a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside affirmation - a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand cognovit judgement, cognovit judgment, confession of judgement, confession of judgment - a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings default judgement, default judgment, judgement by default, judgment by default - a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court) non pros, non prosequitur - a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court) final decision, final judgment - a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment judgement in personam, judgment in personam, personal judgement, personal judgment - a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages judgement in rem, judgment in rem - a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons) dismissal, judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal - a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial judgement on the merits, judgment on the merits - judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented judgement on the pleadings, judgment on the pleadings, summary judgement, summary judgment - a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration - the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment; "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration" finding - the decision of a court on issues of fact or law law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | |
| 4. |  judgment - the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusionsdeciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making" prejudgement, prejudgment - a judgment reached before the evidence is available | |
| 5. |  judgment - the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right concurring opinion - an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning dissenting opinion - an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case majority opinion - the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion') fatwah - (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar; "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States" dictum, obiter dictum - an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | |
| 6. | judgment - the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature objectiveness, objectivity - judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices subjectiveness, subjectivity - judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts | |
| 7. | judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations eye - good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye" common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense - sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" judiciousness - good judgment circumspection, discreetness, discretion, prudence - knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion" indiscreetness, injudiciousness - lacking good judgment |
judgment
noun 1. opinion, view, estimate, belief, assessment, conviction, diagnosis, valuation, deduction, appraisal
noun 2. verdict, finding, result, ruling, decision, sentence, conclusion, determination, decree, order, arbitration, adjudication, pronouncement
noun 3. sense, common sense, good sense, judiciousness, reason, understanding, taste, intelligence, smarts (slang), chiefly U.S. discrimination, perception, awareness, wisdom, wit, penetration, prudence, sharpness, acumen, shrewdness, discernment, perspicacity, sagacity, astuteness, percipience
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