judgment
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judgment
- /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/
- /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.
noun judgments · judgement · iugement · iudgement · iudgment · iudgemente
- The act of judging. The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.
- The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely. a man of judgment / a man of good judgment
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision. She in my judgment was as fair as you.
- The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge. In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own
- The final award; the last sentence.
