judgement

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• judgment
• iugement, iudgement, iudgment, iudgemente, iudgmente (obsolete)

[edit] Etymology

From Old French jugement (French jugement), from juger; see judge.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: jŭj'mənt
• IPA: /ʤʌʤmənt/

[edit] Noun

judgement (plural judgements)

1. The act of judging
2. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; as, a man of judgement; a politician without judgement.

   He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgement. –Psalms 72:2 (King James Version).

   Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgement look. –Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, I-i

3. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

   She in my judgement was as fair as you. - Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV-iv

4. 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 judgements between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own. –Jer. Taylor.

   Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgement. –Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, IV-i

5. (theology) The final award; the last sentence.

[edit] Translations

Ewe: ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃