judgment

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ 🇺🇸 /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions; the capacity for forming an opinion or making a decision.; An opinion or conclusion formed after careful thought or consideration.; The formal decision or ruling made by a court of law or a judge.; The act of judging or forming an opinion about someone or something, often in a critical or disapproving way.; In theology, the divine assessment of human conduct, especially at the end of the world; the Last Judgment.; A misfortune or calamity regarded as a divine punishment.; In law, the obligation (such as a debt) arising from a court's decision, or the document recording such a decision.; In philosophy, the mental act of affirming or denying a proposition; the faculty by which the mind distinguishes truth from falsehood.; In logic, the act of the mind by which it affirms or denies something of something else; a proposition considered as the result of such an act.; The quality of being able to assess situations or people accurately and make sound decisions; discernment or sagacity.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: judgments

Collocations

pass judgmentuse your judgmentsound judgmentpoor judgmentjudgment callreserve judgmentjudgment day

Derivatives

judgejudicialjudiciousjudgmentalmisjudgmentprejudgmentjudiciously

Synonyms

decisionverdictrulingdiscernmentassessmentadjudication

Commonly confused

judgement
EN: 'Judgement' is the British English spelling; 'judgment' is standard in American English and in legal contexts worldwide.
prejudice
EN: 'Prejudice' is a preconceived opinion formed before adequate evidence; 'judgment' is a considered decision or the faculty of making one.

Spelling tips

EN: American English and legal usage standardize 'judgment' (no 'e' after 'g'), while British English commonly uses 'judgement'. In legal writing, 'judgment' is preferred in both varieties.

💬 Examples

  1. She showed good judgment in choosing the right time to invest.

  2. In my judgment, the project is not worth pursuing.

  3. The court delivered its judgment in favor of the plaintiff.

  4. She felt the constant judgment from her neighbors was unbearable.

  5. Many religions speak of a final judgment when all souls will be assessed.

  6. The old villagers saw the flood as a judgment upon the wicked.

  7. The creditor obtained a judgment against the debtor for the unpaid loan.

  8. Kant argued that judgment is the faculty of subsuming particulars under universals.

  9. A judgment in logic expresses a relation between a subject and a predicate.

  10. His judgment of character proved invaluable in building a strong team.