Word

judgement, n.
(judgements)

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
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assessment judgement judgment

sample sentences

"they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

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judgmental judge judge judge

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hypernym

act, human action, deed, human activity

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justice adjudication disapproval evaluation, rating estimate, estimation logistic assessment value judgment, value judgement

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
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judgement judgment judicial decision

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judge

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due process, due process of law

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reversal affirmation confession of judgment, confession of judgement, cognovit judgment, cognovit judgement default judgment, default judgement, judgment by default, judgement by default non prosequitur, non pros final judgment, final decision judgment in personam, judgement in personam, personal judgment, personal judgement judgment in rem, judgement in rem dismissal, judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal judgment on the merits, judgement on the merits summary judgment, summary judgement, judgment on the pleadings, judgement on the pleadings arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrement ruling, opinion finding

domain of synset (topic)

law, jurisprudence

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
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judgement judgment perspicacity sound judgement sound judgment

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judgmental

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trait

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objectivity, objectiveness subjectivity, subjectiveness

the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
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discernment judgement judgment sagaciousness sagacity

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sagacious

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sagacious

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wisdom, sapience

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eye sense, common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit judiciousness discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence injudiciousness, indiscreetness

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
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judgement judging judgment

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judgmental judge

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judge judge

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decision making, deciding

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prejudgment, prejudgement

an opinion formed by judging something
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judgement judgment mind

sample sentences

"he was reluctant to make his judgment known"
"she changed her mind"

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derivationally related form

judgmental

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opinion, sentiment, view, persuasion, thought

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conclusion, decision, determination

the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
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judgement judgment legal opinion opinion

sample sentences

"opinions are usually written by a single judge"

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judge

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legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument

domain of synset (topic)

law, jurisprudence

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concurring opinion dissenting opinion majority opinion fatwah obiter dictum, dictum