better judgment

language: ko

definitions

  1. The capacity to make wise, sensible, or prudent decisions based on experience, reason, and logic.
    ko: 더 나은 판단
  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.
    ko: 이성에 반하여

examples

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

    그녀는 더 나은 판단을 믿고 위험한 지름길을 피했다.

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

    내 이성에 반하여, 나는 그에게 돈을 빌려주기로 결정했다.