English Explanatory Dictionary

judgment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

jŭj'mənt /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ en-us-judgment.ogg

Word forms

judgment judgments judgement iugement iudgement iudgment iudgemente iudgmente

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.

Synonyms

adjudication discernment sense estimate thinking verdict award censure choice conclusion decision deduction determination ergotism illation inference judgement/judgment mind opinion result sight take view attaintment condemnation conviction judgement proscription

Derived words

against one's better judgment age of judgment arrest of judgment cloud one's judgement Day of Judgment declaratory judgment default judgment forejudgment judgmental judgment call judgment day judgment debt judgment hall judgment hour judgmentless judgment of God judgment of Solomon judgment proof judgment seat judgment summons judgment throne misjudgment nonjudgment pass judgement pass judgment post-judgment postjudgment prejudgment private judgment reasons for judgment self-judgment sit in judgement sit in judgment snap judgment summary judgment value judgment
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