Associations to the word «Judgment»

Wiktionary

JUDGMENT, noun. The act of judging.
JUDGMENT, noun. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment.
JUDGMENT, noun. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
JUDGMENT, noun. (legal) 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.
JUDGMENT, noun. (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
JUDGMENT CALL, noun. (sports) A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement.
JUDGMENT CALL, noun. Any decision or other determination based on subjective criteria, especially one which takes into account the particular circumstances of a situation.
JUDGMENT CALL, noun. (Christianity) The summons which will call the spirits of the deceased to their heavenly reward at the time of Final Judgment.
JUDGMENT CALLS, noun. Plural of judgment call
JUDGMENT DAY, noun. Alternative form of judgement day
JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON, noun. A judgment in which a stratagem is invoked in order to reveal the true feelings of the opposing parties.
JUDGMENT PROOF, adjective. (legal) Of a person whom a judgment cannot be enforced against.

Dictionary definition

JUDGMENT, noun. An opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind".
JUDGMENT, noun. The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants".
JUDGMENT, noun. (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it.
JUDGMENT, noun. The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions.
JUDGMENT, noun. The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge".
JUDGMENT, noun. The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.
JUDGMENT, noun. The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations.

Wise words

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