dictionary definitions for "judgement"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  judgement
      n 1: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial
           decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
           [syn: opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement]
      2: an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to
         make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" [syn:
         judgment, judgement, mind]
      3: the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing
         conclusions [syn: judgment, judgement, judging]
      4: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between
         relations [syn: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment,
         judgement, discernment]
      5: the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
         and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment, judgement,
         sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity]
      6: (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction
         on matters submitted to it [syn: judgment, judgement,
         judicial decision]
      7: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or
         event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" [syn:
         judgment, judgement, assessment]


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