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JUDGEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
Example:
they criticized my judgment of the contestants
Synonyms:
assessment; judgement; judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("judgement" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgement"):
justice (judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments)
adjudication (the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented)
disapproval (the act of disapproving or condemning)
evaluation; rating (act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of)
estimate; estimation (a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody)
logistic assessment (a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation)
value judgement; value judgment (an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
Synonyms:
judgement; judgment; judicial decision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("judgement" is a kind of...):
due process; due process of law ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgement"):
finding (the decision of a court on issues of fact or law)
opinion; ruling (the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself))
arbitrament; arbitration; arbitrement (the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment)
judgement on the pleadings; judgment on the pleadings; summary judgement; summary judgment (a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law)
judgement on the merits; judgment on the merits (judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented)
dismissal; judgement of dismissal; judgment of dismissal (a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial)
judgement in rem; judgment in rem (a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons))
judgement in personam; judgment in personam; personal judgement; personal judgment (a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages)
final decision; final judgment (a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment)
non pros; non prosequitur (a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court))
default judgement; default judgment; judgement by default; judgment by default (a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court))
cognovit judgement; cognovit judgment; confession of judgement; confession of judgment (a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings)
affirmation (a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand)
reversal (a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
Synonyms:
judgement; judgment; perspicacity; sound judgement; sound judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("judgement" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgement"):
objectiveness; objectivity (judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices)
subjectiveness; subjectivity (judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Synonyms:
discernment; judgement; judgment; sagaciousness; sagacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("judgement" is a kind of...):
sapience; wisdom (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgement"):
indiscreetness; injudiciousness (lacking good judgment)
circumspection; discreetness; discretion; prudence (knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress)
judiciousness (good judgment)
common sense; good sense; gumption; horse sense; mother wit; sense (sound practical judgment)
eye (good discernment (either visually or as if visually))
Sense 5
Meaning:
The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
Synonyms:
judgement; judging; judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("judgement" is a kind of...):
deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgement"):
prejudgement; prejudgment (a judgment reached before the evidence is available)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An opinion formed by judging something
Example:
she changed her mind
Synonyms:
judgement; judgment; mind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("judgement" is a kind of...):
opinion; persuasion; sentiment; thought; view (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgement"):
conclusion; decision; determination (a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
Example:
opinions are usually written by a single judge
Synonyms:
judgement; judgment; legal opinion; opinion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("judgement" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgement"):
concurring opinion (an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning)
dissenting opinion (an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case)
majority opinion (the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as 'the opinion'))
fatwah ((Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar)
dictum; obiter dictum (an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding)
Context examples:
Lady Elliot had been an excellent woman, sensible and amiable; whose judgement and conduct, if they might be pardoned the youthful infatuation which made her Lady Elliot, had never required indulgence afterwards.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
To the best of my judgement, no capacity of astonishment was left in me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But Bingley has great natural modesty, with a stronger dependence on my judgement than on his own.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Since the idea had been started in the very quarter which ought to dictate, he had no scruple, he said, in confessing his judgement to be entirely on that side.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I trust I give no offence to the companion of my youth, in submitting this proposition to his cooler judgement?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
On the strength of Darcy's regard, Bingley had the firmest reliance, and of his judgement the highest opinion.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
But the remembrance of the appeal remained a pleasure to her, as a proof of friendship, and of deference for her judgement, a great pleasure; and when it became a sort of parting proof, its value did not lessen.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
I did not shut out of my consideration the time when I should leave her free, and still young and still beautiful, but with her judgement more matured—no, gentlemen—upon my truth!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In spite of this amendment, however, she requested to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgement of her situation.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
She had been repeatedly very earnest in trying to get Anne included in the visit to London, sensibly open to all the injustice and all the discredit of the selfish arrangements which shut her out, and on many lesser occasions had endeavoured to give Elizabeth the advantage of her own better judgement and experience; but always in vain: Elizabeth would go her own way; and never had she pursued it in more decided opposition to Lady Russell than in this selection of Mrs Clay; turning from the society of so deserving a sister, to bestow her affection and confidence on one who ought to have been nothing to her but the object of distant civility.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
