FromMiddle English juggement , borrowed fromOld French jugement , fromLate Latin iūdicāmentum , fromLatin iūdicō . Partiallydisplaced doom . Bysurface analysis ,judge +-ment .
judgment (countable anduncountable ,plural judgments )
The act ofjudging .Synonym: adjudication 1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, inModern Railways , page376 :The key to the situation wasjudgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.
Thepower orfaculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.Synonyms: discernment ,sense a man ofjudgment / a man of goodjudgment
a politician withoutjudgment
c. 1595–1596 (date written),William Shakespeare , “A Midsommer Nights Dreame ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act I, scene i] :Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with hisjudgment look.
1840 , Lewis Rose, chapter I, inAn Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. [ …] [1] , Glasgow: George Gallie,→OCLC ,page 8 :[T]he person presented shall be tried and examined by thejudgment of learned men of the church;[ …]
2024 ,National Transportation Safety Board ,Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022 :We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected herjudgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
Theconclusion or result of judging; anopinion ; adecision .Synonyms: estimate ,thinking ,verdict ;see also Thesaurus:judgement c. 1590–1591 (date written) ,William Shakespeare , “The Two Gentlemen of Verona ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act IV, scene iv] :She in myjudgment was as fair as you.
( law ) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, thedetermination ,decision , orsentence of a court, or of a judge.Synonyms: attaintment ,condemnation ;see also Thesaurus:conviction 1651 ,Jer[emy] Taylor ,The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. [ … ] , 2nd edition, London: [ … ] Francis Ashe [ … ] ,→OCLC :Injudgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own
c. 1596–1598 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Merchant of Venice ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act IV, scene i] :Most heartily I do beseech the court To give thejudgment .
( theology ) Thefinal award ; thelast sentence .The spellingsjudgment andjudgement are both commonly used, with the latter being most frequent in British English. British English retains the spellingjudgment in legal contexts, however.
act of judging
Afrikaans:oordeel Arabic:Hijazi Arabic:حكم m ( ḥukum ) Bulgarian:отсъждане (bg) n ( otsǎždane ) Catalan:judici (ca) ,jutjament m Chinese:Mandarin:判斷 / 判断 (zh) ( pànduàn ) Crimean Tatar:makeme Czech:souzení n Danish:please add this translation if you can Dutch:oordeel (nl) n Ewe:ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ n Finnish:arviointi (fi) ,harkinta (fi) ,punnitseminen (fi) ,tuomitseminen (fi) ,päättely (fi) French:jugement (fr) m Galician:xuízo (gl) m Georgian:სჯა ( sǯa ) ,განსჯა ( gansǯa ) German:Urteil (de) n Gothic:𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 f ( staua ) ,𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 n ( dōms ) Greek:κρίση (el) f ( krísi ) Ancient Greek:κρίσις f ( krísis ) Hindi:मूल्यांकन (hi) m ( mūlyāṅkan ) Indonesian:penghakiman (id) Italian:giudizio (it) Japanese:判決 (ja) ( はんけつ, hanketsu ) ,裁き (ja) ( さばき, sabaki ) ,審判 (ja) ( しんぱん, shinpan ) Kazakh:үкім ( ükım ) Latin:iūdicāmentum Norman:jugement m Old English:dōm m Polish:osądzanie (pl) n Portuguese:juízo (pt) m ,julgamento (pt) m Romanian:judecare (ro) f ,judecată (ro) f Russian:осужде́ние (ru) n ( osuždénije ) ,сужде́ние (ru) n ( suždénije ) Somali:xukun Spanish:juicio (es) m ,juzgamiento m ( rare ) Swahili:hukumu (sw) Swedish:omdöme (sv) n ,bedömning (sv) c Turkish:yargı (tr) ,hüküm (tr) Ukrainian:ви́рок (uk) ( výrok ) ,ро́зсуд ( rózsud ) Walloon:djudjmint (wa) m Yiddish:אָפּשאַצונג f ( opshatsung )
power or faculty of making a judgment
Afrikaans:oordeelsvermoë Azerbaijani:mühakimə (az) Bulgarian:разсъдителност f ( razsǎditelnost ) Catalan:seny (ca) m ,esma (ca) f ( colloquial ) ,coneixement (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:判斷 能力 / 判断 能力 ( pànduàn nénglì ) Czech:soudnost (cs) f Danish:dømmekraft c Dutch:gezond oordeel n Finnish:arvostelukyky (fi) Georgian:გონიერება ( goniereba ) ,გამჭრიახობა ( gamč̣riaxoba ) German:Urteilsvermögen (de) n ,Urteilskraft (de) f Greek:κρίση (el) f ( krísi ) Norwegian:Bokmål:dømmekraft (no) m or f Nynorsk:dømmekraft f ,dømekraft f Polish:rozsądek (pl) m ,rozeznanie (pl) n ,wyczucie (pl) n Portuguese:juízo (pt) m Romanian:judecată (ro) f Russian:сужде́ние (ru) n ( suždénije ) Spanish:juicio (es) m ,criterio (es) m Turkish:muhakeme kabiliyeti ,muhakeme yeteneği ,farketme ,seziş (tr) Ottoman Turkish:هوش ( huş ) ,ادراك ( idrak ) ,عقل ( ʼakl, ʼakıl ) Ukrainian:су́дження ( súdžennja ) Walloon:djudjmint (wa) m
conclusion or result of judging
Afrikaans:vonnis ,uitspraak (af) Bulgarian:съждение (bg) n ( sǎždenie ) Catalan:judici (ca) m (unfrequently),veredicte m Cebuano:hukom Chinese:Mandarin:please add this translation if you can Czech:úsudek m Danish:please add this translation if you can Dutch:vonnis (nl) n ,uitspraak (nl) m or f ,veroordeling (nl) f Estonian:otsus Finnish:päätös (fi) French:jugement (fr) m ,sentence (fr) f ,verdict (fr) m Georgian:განაჩენი ( ganačeni ) ,მსჯავრი ( msǯavri ) German:Beurteilung (de) f Gothic:𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 f ( staua ) ,𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 n ( dōms ) Greek:κρίση (el) f ( krísi ) Ancient Greek:κρίσις f ( krísis ) Higaonon:hokom Hungarian:megítélés (hu) Italian:sentenza (it) f ,giudizio (it) m ,verdetto (it) m ,pronuncia (it) f ,giudicato (it) m Latin:crīmen n Naga:Khiamniungan Naga:vēuhōknyìk Polish:osąd (pl) m ,( old fashioned ) sąd (pl) m Portuguese:juízo (pt) m Russian:сужде́ние (ru) n ( suždénije ) ,осужде́ние (ru) n ( osuždénije ) Spanish:juicio (es) m ,opinión (es) f ,parecer (es) m Tamil:தீர்ப்பு (ta) ( tīrppu ) Tausug:hukuman Turkish:eleştiri (tr) Ottoman Turkish:قضا ( kaza ) ,یارغو ( yarğı ) Ukrainian:ви́рок (uk) ( výrok ) Walloon:djudjmint (wa) m
(law) act of determining what is conformable to law
Bulgarian:присъда (bg) f ( prisǎda ) Catalan:judici (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:判決 / 判决 (zh) ( pànjué ) ,裁決 / 裁决 (zh) ( cáijué ) Czech:rozsudek (cs) m Danish:please add this translation if you can Estonian:lahend Finnish:tuomio (fi) German:( obsolete ) Richtspruch (de) m ,Richterspruch (de) m ,richterliche Entscheidung f Greek:κρίση (el) f ( krísi ) ,απόφαση (el) f ( apófasi ) Hindi:न्यायादेश ( nyāyādeś ) Hungarian:megítélés (hu) Polish:postępowanie (pl) n ,proces (pl) m Portuguese:sentenciamento Russian:( суде́бное ) разбира́тельство (ru) n ( razbirátelʹstvo ) ,( суде́бный ) проце́сс (ru) m ( procéss ) Spanish:juicio (es) m ,dictamen (es) m ,laudo (es) m ,veredicto (es) m Swahili:hukumu (sw) Turkish:hüküm (tr) ,yargı (tr) Yiddish:אורטל m ( urtl ) ,פּסק m ( psak )
(theology) final award; the last sentence
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