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English
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Etymology
From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
judgment (countable and uncountable, plural judgments)
- The act of judging.
- 1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376:
- The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.
- The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
- a man of judgment / a man of good judgment
- a politician without judgment
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 72:2:
- He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.
- 2024, National Transportation Safety Board, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
- We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
- Synonym: thinking
- c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- She in my judgment was as fair as you.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
And yet methinks I have astronomy […]
- (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
- In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.
- (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
Usage notes
The spellings judgment and judgement are both commonly used, with the latter being most frequent in British English. British English retains the spelling judgment in legal contexts, however.
Derived terms
- against one's better judgment
- age of judgment
- arrest of judgment
- cloud one's judgement
- Day of Judgment
- day of judgment
- declaratory judgment
- default judgment
- forejudgment
- judgmental
- judgment call
- judgment day
- judgment debt
- judgment hall
- judgment hour
- judgmentless
- judgment of God
- judgment of Solomon
- judgment proof
- judgment seat
- judgment summons
- judgment throne
- misjudgment
- nonjudgment
- pass judgement
- pass judgment
- post-judgment
- postjudgment
- prejudgment
- private judgment
- reasons for judgment
- self-judgment
- sit in judgement
- sit in judgment
- snap judgment
- summary judgment
- value judgment
Translations
act of judging
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power or faculty of making a judgment
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conclusion or result of judging
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(law) act of determining what is conformable to law
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(theology) final award; the last sentence
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References
- “judgment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “judgment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- judgment, judgement at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
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