judgment
NOUN:
1. an act or instance of judging.
2. the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion:
a man of sound judgment.
3. the demonstration or exercise of such ability or capacity:
The major was decorated for the judgment he showed under fire.
4. the forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion, as from circumstances presented to the mind:
Our judgment as to the cause of his failure must rest on the evidence.
5. the opinion formed:
He regretted his hasty judgment.
6. the faculty of being able to make critical distinctions and achieve a balanced viewpoint; discernment.
7. a particular decision or opinion formed in a case in dispute or doubt.
8. an estimation:
a good judgment of distance.
9. criticism or censure.
10. the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing:
careful judgment of the odds.
11. an opinion or estimate so formed:
is not worth doing in my judgment.
12. the capacity for judging; discernment:
be guided by your own judgment; showing poor judgment.
13. the exercise of this capacity:
a situation requiring careful judgment.
14. a formal utterance of an authoritative opinion.
15. an opinion so pronounced.
16. a proposition stating something believed or asserted.
17. the formal decision of one or more judges at a contest or competition.
of divinity, God:
1. a misfortune regarded as inflicted by divine sentence, as for sin.
2. a divine sentence or decision—specifically, a calamity held to be sent by God believed their bad luck to be a judgment upon them.
Examples:
We have to make a judgment about the value of their services; The judgment of the editors is final. —Merriam-Webster.
in logic:
1. the act of establishing a relation between two or more terms, esp as an affirmation or denial.
2. the expression of such a relation.
in law:
1. a judicial decision given by a judge or court.
2. the obligation, especially a debt, arising from a judicial decision.
3. the certificate embodying such a decision and issued against the obligor, especially a debtor.
4. the decision or verdict pronounced by a court of law.
5. an obligation arising as a result of such a decision or verdict, such as a debt.
6. the document recording such a decision or verdict.
(as modifier):
a judgment debtor.
7. a formal decision given by a court.
8. an obligation (such as a debt) created by the decree of a court.
9. a certificate evidencing such a decree.
"Judgment" (usually capitalized):
1. the estimate by God of the ultimate worthiness or unworthiness of the individual (the Particular Judgment) or of all mankind (the General Judgment or Last Judgment).
2. God's subsequent decision determining the final destinies of all individuals.
3. the final judging of humankind by God:
sinners awaiting Judgment.
4. Also called "Last Judgment," "Final Judgment," the final trial of all people, both the living and dead, at the end of the world.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English jug(g)ement < Old French jugement, equivalent to juge- (stem of jugier to judge) + -ment -ment. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of judgment: 13th century. History and Etymology for judgment: see judge entry 2 [verb]. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. an act or instance of judging.
2. the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion:
a man of sound judgment.
3. the demonstration or exercise of such ability or capacity:
The major was decorated for the judgment he showed under fire.
4. the forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion, as from circumstances presented to the mind:
Our judgment as to the cause of his failure must rest on the evidence.
5. the opinion formed:
He regretted his hasty judgment.
6. the faculty of being able to make critical distinctions and achieve a balanced viewpoint; discernment.
7. a particular decision or opinion formed in a case in dispute or doubt.
8. an estimation:
a good judgment of distance.
9. criticism or censure.
10. the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing:
careful judgment of the odds.
11. an opinion or estimate so formed:
is not worth doing in my judgment.
12. the capacity for judging; discernment:
be guided by your own judgment; showing poor judgment.
13. the exercise of this capacity:
a situation requiring careful judgment.
14. a formal utterance of an authoritative opinion.
15. an opinion so pronounced.
16. a proposition stating something believed or asserted.
17. the formal decision of one or more judges at a contest or competition.
of divinity, God:
1. a misfortune regarded as inflicted by divine sentence, as for sin.
2. a divine sentence or decision—specifically, a calamity held to be sent by God believed their bad luck to be a judgment upon them.
Examples:
We have to make a judgment about the value of their services; The judgment of the editors is final. —Merriam-Webster.
in logic:
1. the act of establishing a relation between two or more terms, esp as an affirmation or denial.
2. the expression of such a relation.
in law:
1. a judicial decision given by a judge or court.
2. the obligation, especially a debt, arising from a judicial decision.
3. the certificate embodying such a decision and issued against the obligor, especially a debtor.
4. the decision or verdict pronounced by a court of law.
5. an obligation arising as a result of such a decision or verdict, such as a debt.
6. the document recording such a decision or verdict.
(as modifier):
a judgment debtor.
7. a formal decision given by a court.
8. an obligation (such as a debt) created by the decree of a court.
9. a certificate evidencing such a decree.
"Judgment" (usually capitalized):
1. the estimate by God of the ultimate worthiness or unworthiness of the individual (the Particular Judgment) or of all mankind (the General Judgment or Last Judgment).
2. God's subsequent decision determining the final destinies of all individuals.
3. the final judging of humankind by God:
sinners awaiting Judgment.
4. Also called "Last Judgment," "Final Judgment," the final trial of all people, both the living and dead, at the end of the world.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English jug(g)ement < Old French jugement, equivalent to juge- (stem of jugier to judge) + -ment -ment. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of judgment: 13th century. History and Etymology for judgment: see judge entry 2 [verb]. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.