judgement

Plural: judgements

Noun

• the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
• an opinion formed by judging something
• the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
• the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
• (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
• the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
• Alternative spelling of judgment.

Synonyms

assessment, discernment, judging, judgment, judicial decision, legal opinion, mind, opinion, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sound judgement, sound judgment, award, choice, conclusion, corollary, criticism, decision, deduction, determination, ergotism, estimate, idea, illation, inference, judgement, porism, result, upshot, valuation, view

Related Words

intelligence, wisdom