judgment

judgment
noun
1. an opinion formed by judging something (Freq. 19)
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he was reluctant to make his judgment known

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she changed her mind

• Syn: ↑judgement, ↑mind
• Derivationally related forms: ↑judgmental
• Hypernyms: ↑opinion, ↑sentiment, ↑persuasion, ↑view, ↑thought
• Hyponyms: ↑decision, ↑determination, ↑conclusion
2. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event (Freq. 11)
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they criticized my judgment of the contestants

• Syn: ↑judgement, ↑assessment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑judgmental, ↑judge
• Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑deed, ↑human action, ↑human activity
• Hyponyms:
3. (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑judge
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hypernyms: ↑due process, ↑due process of law
• Hyponyms:
4. the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑judgement, ↑judging
• Derivationally related forms: ↑judge (for: ↑judging), ↑judgmental, ↑judge
• Hypernyms: ↑decision making, ↑deciding
• Hyponyms: ↑prejudgment, ↑prejudgement
5. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision (Freq. 1)
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opinions are usually written by a single judge

• Syn: ↑opinion, ↑legal opinion, ↑judgement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑judge
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
6. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑judgmental
• Hypernyms: ↑trait
7. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sagacious (for: ↑sagaciousness), ↑sagacious (for: ↑sagacity)
• Hypernyms: ↑wisdom, ↑sapience
• Hyponyms:

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judgment
variant of judgement.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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