noun
Meaning 1
The act of judging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adjudication
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
judgment
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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jŭj'mənt
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/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/
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Canada, US: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/
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noun
Meaning 2
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- a man of judgment / a man of good judgment
- a politician without judgment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discernment, sense
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: estimate, thinking, verdict, award, censure, choice, opinion, conclusion, decision, deduction, determination, ergotism, illation, inference, judgement/judgment, mind, result, sight, take, view
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: attaintment, condemnation, conviction, judgement, proscription
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The final award; the last sentence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they criticized my judgment of the contestants
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: judgement, assessment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
Narrower terms: justice, adjudication, disapproval, evaluation, rating, estimate, estimation, logistic assessment, value judgment, value judgement
noun
Meaning 7
(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: judgement, judicial decision
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: due process, due process of law
Narrower terms: reversal, affirmation, confession of judgment, confession of judgement, cognovit judgment, cognovit judgement, default judgment, default judgement, judgment by default, judgement by default, non prosequitur, non pros, final judgment, final decision, judgment in personam, judgement in personam, personal judgment, personal judgement, judgment in rem, judgement in rem, judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal, dismissal, judgment on the merits, judgement on the merits, summary judgment, summary judgement, judgment on the pleadings, judgement on the pleadings, arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrement, opinion, ruling, finding
noun
Meaning 8
the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: objectivity, objectiveness, subjectivity, subjectiveness
noun
Meaning 9
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgement, discernment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wisdom, sapience
Narrower terms: eye, common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit, judiciousness, discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence, injudiciousness, indiscreetness
noun
Meaning 10
the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: judgement, judging
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decision making, deciding
Narrower terms: prejudgment, prejudgement
noun
Meaning 11
an opinion formed by judging something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was reluctant to make his judgment known
- she changed her mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: judgement, mind
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought
Narrower terms: decision, determination, conclusion
noun
Meaning 12
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- opinions are usually written by a single judge
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: opinion, legal opinion, judgement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
Narrower terms: concurring opinion, dissenting opinion, majority opinion, fatwah, obiter dictum, dictum
History
Etymology
From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
174 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: oordeel — act of judging
- Arabic: حكم (ḥukum) — act of judging
- Bulgarian: отсъждане (otsǎždane) — act of judging
- Catalan: judici — act of judging
- Catalan: jutjament — act of judging
- Chinese Mandarin: 判斷 /判断 (pànduàn) — act of judging
- Crimean Tatar: makeme — act of judging
- Czech: souzení — act of judging
- Dutch: oordeel — act of judging
- Ewe: ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ — act of judging
- Finnish: arviointi — act of judging
- Finnish: harkinta — act of judging
- Finnish: punnitseminen — act of judging
- Finnish: tuomitseminen — act of judging
- Finnish: päättely — act of judging
- French: jugement — act of judging
- Galician: xuízo — act of judging
- Georgian: სჯა (sǯa) — act of judging
- Georgian: განსჯა (gansǯa) — act of judging
- German: Urteil — act of judging
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 (staua) — act of judging
- Gothic: 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms) — act of judging
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — act of judging
- Ancient Greek: κρίσις (krísis) — act of judging
- Hindi: मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan) — act of judging
- Indonesian: penghakiman — act of judging
- Italian: giudizio — act of judging
- Japanese: 判決 (hanketsu) — act of judging
- Japanese: 裁き (sabaki) — act of judging
- Japanese: 審判 (shinpan) — act of judging
- Kazakh: үкім (ükım) — act of judging
- Latin: iūdicāmentum — act of judging
- Norman: jugement — act of judging
- Old English: dōm — act of judging
- Polish: osądzanie — act of judging
- Portuguese: juízo — act of judging
- Portuguese: julgamento — act of judging
- Romanian: judecare — act of judging
- Romanian: judecată — act of judging
- Russian: осужде́ние (osuždénije) — act of judging
- Russian: сужде́ние (suždénije) — act of judging
- Somali: xukun — act of judging
- Spanish: juicio — act of judging
- Spanish: juzgamiento — act of judging
- Swahili: hukumu — act of judging
- Swedish: omdöme — act of judging
- Swedish: bedömning — act of judging
- Turkish: yargı — act of judging
- Turkish: hüküm — act of judging
- Ukrainian: ви́рок (výrok) — act of judging
- Ukrainian: ро́зсуд (rózsud) — act of judging
- Walloon: djudjmint — act of judging
- Yiddish: אָפּשאַצונג (opshatsung) — act of judging
- Afrikaans: oordeelsvermoë — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Azerbaijani: mühakimə — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Bulgarian: разсъдителност (razsǎditelnost) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Catalan: seny — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Catalan: esma — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Catalan: coneixement — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Chinese Mandarin: 判斷能力 /判断能力 (pànduàn nénglì) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Czech: soudnost — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Danish: dømmekraft — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Dutch: gezond oordeel — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Finnish: arvostelukyky — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Georgian: გონიერება (goniereba) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Georgian: გამჭრიახობა (gamč̣riaxoba) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- German: Urteilsvermögen — power or faculty of making a judgment
- German: Urteilskraft — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Norwegian Bokmål: dømmekraft — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dømmekraft — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dømekraft — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Polish: rozsądek — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Polish: rozeznanie — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Polish: wyczucie — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Portuguese: juízo — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Romanian: judecată — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Russian: сужде́ние (suždénije) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Spanish: juicio — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Turkish: muhakeme kabiliyeti — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Turkish: muhakeme yeteneği — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Turkish: farketme — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Turkish: seziş — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Ottoman Turkish: هوش (huş) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Ottoman Turkish: ادراك (idrak) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Ottoman Turkish: عقل (ʼakl, ʼakıl) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Ukrainian: су́дження (súdžennja) — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Walloon: djudjmint — power or faculty of making a judgment
- Afrikaans: vonnis — conclusion or result of judging
- Afrikaans: uitspraak — conclusion or result of judging
- Bulgarian: съждение (sǎždenie) — conclusion or result of judging
- Catalan: judici (unfrequently) — conclusion or result of judging
- Catalan: veredicte — conclusion or result of judging
- Cebuano: hukom — conclusion or result of judging
- Chinese Mandarin: 判斷結果 /判断结果 (pànduàn jiéguǒ) — conclusion or result of judging
- Czech: úsudek — conclusion or result of judging
- Dutch: vonnis — conclusion or result of judging
- Dutch: uitspraak — conclusion or result of judging
- Dutch: veroordeling — conclusion or result of judging
- Estonian: otsus — conclusion or result of judging
- Finnish: päätös — conclusion or result of judging
- French: jugement — conclusion or result of judging
- French: sentence — conclusion or result of judging
- French: verdict — conclusion or result of judging
- Georgian: განაჩენი (ganačeni) — conclusion or result of judging
- Georgian: მსჯავრი (msǯavri) — conclusion or result of judging
- German: Beurteilung — conclusion or result of judging
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 (staua) — conclusion or result of judging
- Gothic: 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms) — conclusion or result of judging
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — conclusion or result of judging
- Ancient Greek: κρίσις (krísis) — conclusion or result of judging
- Higaonon: hokom — conclusion or result of judging
- Hungarian: megítélés — conclusion or result of judging
- Italian: sentenza — conclusion or result of judging
- Italian: giudizio — conclusion or result of judging
- Italian: verdetto — conclusion or result of judging
- Italian: pronuncia — conclusion or result of judging
- Italian: giudicato — conclusion or result of judging
- Latin: crīmen — conclusion or result of judging
- Khiamniungan Naga: vēuhōknyìk — conclusion or result of judging
- Polish: osąd — conclusion or result of judging
- Polish: sąd — conclusion or result of judging
- Portuguese: juízo — conclusion or result of judging
- Russian: сужде́ние (suždénije) — conclusion or result of judging
- Russian: осужде́ние (osuždénije) — conclusion or result of judging
- Spanish: juicio — conclusion or result of judging
- Tamil: தீர்ப்பு (tīrppu) — conclusion or result of judging
- Tausug: hukuman — conclusion or result of judging
- Turkish: eleştiri — conclusion or result of judging
- Ottoman Turkish: قضا (kaza) — conclusion or result of judging
- Ottoman Turkish: یارغو (yarğı) — conclusion or result of judging
- Ukrainian: ви́рок (výrok) — conclusion or result of judging
- Walloon: djudjmint — conclusion or result of judging
- Bulgarian: присъда (prisǎda) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Catalan: judici — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Chinese Mandarin: 判決 /判决 (pànjué) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Chinese Mandarin: 裁決 /裁决 (cáijué) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Czech: rozsudek — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Estonian: lahend — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Finnish: tuomio — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- German: Richtspruch — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- German: Richterspruch — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- German: richterliche Entscheidung — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Greek: απόφαση (apófasi) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Hindi: न्यायादेश (nyāyādeś) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Hungarian: megítélés — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Polish: postępowanie — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Polish: proces — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Portuguese: sentenciamento — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Russian: разбира́тельство (razbirátelʹstvo) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Russian: проце́сс (procéss) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Spanish: juicio — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Spanish: laudo — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Swahili: hukumu — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Turkish: hüküm — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Turkish: yargı — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Yiddish: אורטל (urtl) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Yiddish: פּסק (psak) — (law) act of determining what is conformable to law
- Afrikaans: oordeel — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Bulgarian: божие наказание (božie nakazanie) — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Chinese Mandarin: 末日審判 /末日审判 (mòrì shěnpàn) — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Czech: rozsudek — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Finnish: viimeinen tuomio — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- French: jugement dernier — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Georgian: განაჩენი (ganačeni) — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Georgian: მსჯავრი (msǯavri) — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- German: Urteil — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Greek: κρίση (krísi) — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Portuguese: juízo — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Russian: пригово́р (prigovór) — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Turkish: hüküm — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Turkish: yargı — (theology) final award; the last sentence
- Walloon: dierin djudjmint — (theology) final award; the last sentence
Real reading context