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Judgment

//ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt// noun

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Noun

1
The act of judging. countable, uncountable
"The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times."
2
the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event wordnet
3
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely. countable, uncountable
"a man of judgment / a man of good judgment"
4
(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it wordnet
5
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision. countable, uncountable
"She in my judgment was as fair as you."

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6
the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions wordnet
7
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. countable, uncountable
"In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own"
8
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations wordnet
9
The final award; the last sentence. countable, uncountable
10
the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions wordnet
11
an opinion formed by judging something wordnet
12
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision wordnet

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.

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