judgment

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 References

[edit] English

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• judgement

[edit] Etymology

From Old French jugement.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: jŭj'mənt, IPA: /ˈʤʌʤmənt/, SAMPA: /"dZVdZm@nt/
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[edit] Noun

judgment (plural judgments)

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 judgment; a politician without judgment.
   • Psalms 72:2 (King James Version).

     He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.

   • Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, I-i

     Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.

3. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
   • Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV-iv

     She in my judgment was as fair as you.

4. (law) 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.
   • Jeremy Taylor.

     In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own.

   • Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, IV-i

     Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.

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

[edit] Usage notes

Spelling: Judgment, abridgment, acknowledgment, and lodgment are sometimes written with English spellings in American English: judgement, abridgement, acknowledgement and lodgement.

[edit] Derived terms

arrest of judgment judgment call judgment day judgment debt judgment hall

judgment hour judgment of God judgment seat judgment summons judgment throne

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[edit] References

• judgment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913