judgment
nouncommon in dialogue
- Canada//ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt//
- //ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt//
The act of judging.
noun
- 1
The act of judging.
The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.
- 2
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
a man of judgment / a man of good judgment
a politician without judgment
Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.
- 3
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
She in my judgment was as fair as you.
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […]
- 4
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.
In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own
Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.
- 5
The final award; the last sentence.
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.
Forms
- plural
- judgments