judgment Definition
judg·ment (juj′mənt)
noun
- the act of judging; deciding
- a legal decision; order, decree, or sentence given by a judge or law court
- a debt or other obligation resulting from a court order
- a document recording this obligation
- a misfortune looked on as a punishment from God
- an opinion or estimate
- criticism or censure
- the ability to come to opinions about things; power of comparing and deciding; understanding; good sense
- Bible justice; right
- Last Judgment
Etymology: ME jugement < OFr < ML judicamentum < L judicare: see judge,
judgment Synonyms
judgment
n.
The ability to judge
discernment, discrimination, taste, penetration, shrewdness, sapience, sagacity, understanding, knowledge, sense, good sense, wit, keenness, sharpness, critical faculty, reason, reasoning power, rationality, rational faculty, acumen, intuition, acuteness, perception, incisiveness, intelligence, awareness, sophistication, ingenuity, experience, profundity, depth, brilliance, mentality, subtlety, intellectual power, critical spirit, capacity, comprehension, sanity, lucidity, levelheadedness, clearheadedness, mother wit, quickness, readiness, grasp, apprehension, perspicacity, perspicuousness, soundness, genius, reach, range, breadth, astuteness, prudence, discretion, wisdom, sagesse (French), savvy*, gray matter*, brains*, a good head*, horse sense*; see also acumen.Antonyms
stupidity*, simplicity*, naiveté. * The act of judging
decision, consideration, appraisal, examination, judging, weighing, sifting, assaying, determination, inspection, assessment, estimation, diagnosis, probing, appreciation, evaluation, interpretation, study, review, contemplation, analysis, inquiry, inquisition, inquest, search, quest, pursuit, scrutiny, exploration, reconnaissance, close study, observation, exhaustive inquiry, regard; see also study 2.A pronouncement
conclusion, decision, ruling, sentence, verdict, appraisal, estimate, opinion, report, view, summary, belief, idea, conviction, inference, resolution, deduction, induction, moral, critique, determination, dictum, decree, best opinion, supposition, comment, commentary, finding, recommendation, diagnosis; see also sentence 1, verdict.An act of God
retribution, visitation, misfortune, manifestation, chastisement, correction, castigation, mortification, affliction, infliction, Nemesis; see also punishment.
judgment Law Definition
n
default judgment
deficiency judgment
final judgment
foreign judgment
judgment creditor
judgment debtor
judgment docket
judgment in rem
judgment lien
judgment non obstante veridicto
Latin
judgment of conviction
judgment of dismissal
judgment on the merits
judgment on the pleadings
personal judgment
judgment Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pronounce: Lindsay J pronounced judgment on these aspects on 7 November 2003.
- enforce: They asked for further action to enforce the judgment to be held over.
- satisfy: Three years later, the debtor is still ducking and diving, still has not satisfied the judgment.
- pass: The article therein is likely to be a brief reference to the judgments passed on individuals at the Assizes.
Adjective modifier
- reserved: His reserved judgment, a monumental judgment running to some 145 pages, was handed down on a date in February 2005.
- righteous: Christ will take his people, as it were, into commission with himself, and they shall sit and approve his righteous judgment.
- subjective: That would include subjective judgments such as " Is the parent providing a positive role model?
- divine: Notable evolutionists and denier of divine creation, divine intervention and divine judgment was Aldous Huxley, the grandson of Thomas Huxley.
- moral: This illustrates that technocratic theories use neutrality to hide moral judgments to protect vested interests or culturally biased views.
- informed: It is too early to make an informed judgment about the scale of the impact on the UK economy.
Modifies a noun
- debtor: A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor 's limited liability company interest.
- creditor: To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of an assignee of the member's interest.
- lien: A judgment lien cheap on line car insurance quote a house.
- debt: But what is to say that a judgment will lead to D actually paying the judgment debt promptly?
Noun used with modifier
- summary: For good measure, they have agreed they will submit to applications for summary judgment.
- default: Steps taken to enforce default judgments did not prove effective either.
- court: Failure to maintain the administration order can result in court action by a creditor for a county court judgment or bankruptcy.
Possessives
lordship: During the course of his Lordship's judgment the apparent new found popularity of this defense is remarked upon.
Preposition: for
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