decision

Plural: decisions

Noun

• The act or result of deciding; a choice or judgment.
• the act of making up your mind about something
  • "the burden of decision was his"
• a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
  • "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"
• (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
  • "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent"
• the outcome of a game or contest
  • "the team dropped three decisions in a row"
• the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
• The act of deciding.
• A choice or judgement.
• Firmness of conviction.
• A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
• A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Verb

• To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

Examples

• After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
• He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
• His final DECISION on the word placement secured a victory in Words With Friends.
• His life has always been filled with big decisions.
• I told him about my decision to leave forever.
• It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
• It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.

Synonyms

conclusion, decisiveness, determination

Antonyms

indecision, indecisiveness

Related Words

decide, decisive