dictionary definitions for "judgement"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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]
      2: an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to
         make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" [syn:
         judgment, mind]
      3: the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing
         conclusions [syn: judgment, judging]
      4: ability to make good judgments [syn: sagacity,
         sagaciousness, judgment, discernment]
      5: the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
         and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment, {sound
         judgment}, sound judgement, perspicacity]
      6: (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction
         on matters submitted to it [syn: judgment, {judicial
         decision}]
      7: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or
         event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
         [syn: judgment, assessment]


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