judgment

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of judging.
2. (countable, uncountable) The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
3. (countable, uncountable) The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.
5. (countable, uncountable) The final award; the last sentence.

Synonyms

judgement

decision

discernment

verdict

discrimination

discretion

sentence

trial

decree

adjudication

opinion

ruling

judgement

estimation

consideration

resolution

view

judicial decision

judging

punishment

order

mind

assessment

criticism

determination

deliberation

sound judgment

intellect

understanding

wisdom

sagacity

hearing

sense

sound judgement

finding

expert opinion

perspicacity

reasoning

notion

doom

legal opinion

sagaciousness

refereeing

conclusion

disapproval

diplomatic

conceit

argumentation

comment

command

Translations

jugement

juicio

Urteil

judici

κρίση

giudizio

juízo

vonnis

Entscheidung

oordeel

julgamento

arrêt

sentenza

حُكْم

décision

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: juggement

In summary

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

Sentences

She is the President of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making .

Only the opinion of the majority judgment is considered to have precedent-setting weight .