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judgment definition

judg·ment (juj′mənt)

noun

  1. the act of judging; deciding
  2. a legal decision; order, decree, or sentence given by a judge or law court
    1. a debt or other obligation resulting from a court order
    2. a document recording this obligation
  4. a misfortune looked on as a punishment from God
  5. an opinion or estimate
  6. criticism or censure
  7. the ability to come to opinions about things; power of comparing and deciding; understanding; good sense
  8. Bible justice; right
  9. Last Judgment

Etymology: ME jugement < OFr < ML judicamentum < L judicare: see judge,

Also sp. judgement judge′·ment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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