judgment
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[ English
[ Alternative spellings
[ Etymology
From Old French jugement.
[ Pronunciation
[ Noun
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judgment (plural judgments)
- The act of judging.
- 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.
- He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment. –Psalms 72:2 (King James Version).
- Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look. –Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, I-i
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
- She in my judgment was as fair as you. - Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV-iv
- (law)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 rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own. –Jer. Taylor.
- Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment. –Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, IV-i
- (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
[ Translations
The act of judging
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The power or faculty
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The conclusion or result of judging
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(law)The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice
(theology) The final award; the last sentence
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- Czech: úsudek m. (non-legal), rozsudek m.
- Scots: juidgement
[ Derived terms
- arrest of judgment
- judgment call
- judgment day
- judgment debt
- judgment hall
- judgment hour
- judgment of God
- judgment seat
- judgment summons
- judgment throne
[ Usage notes
Judgment, abridgment, acknowledgment, and lodgment are sometimes written with English spellings in American English: judgement, abridgement, acknowledgement and lodgement.
[ References
- “judgment” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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