better judgment

language: en

definitions

  1. The capacity to make wise, sensible, or prudent decisions based on experience, reason, and logic.
    en: The capacity to make wise, sensible, or prudent decisions based on experience, reason, and logic.
  2. The sense of what is right or prudent, typically used in the phrase 'against one's better judgment' to describe acting contrary to wisdom.
    en: The sense of what is right or prudent, typically used in the phrase 'against one's better judgment' to describe acting contrary to wisdom.

examples

  1. She relied on her better judgment to avoid the dangerous shortcut.

    She relied on her better judgment to avoid the dangerous shortcut.

  2. Against my better judgment, I decided to lend him the money.

    Against my better judgment, I decided to lend him the money.