judgment

n.

1. 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. *

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. An act of God

   retribution, visitation, misfortune, manifestation, chastisement, correction, castigation, mortification, affliction, infliction, Nemesis; see also punishment.