JUDGMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judgment mean? 

• JUDGMENT (noun)
  The noun JUDGMENT has 7 senses:

1. an opinion formed by judging something

2. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

3. (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

4. the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

5. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

6. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

7. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

  Familiarity information: JUDGMENT used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDGMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An opinion formed by judging something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

judgement; judgment; mind

Context example:

she changed her mind

Hypernyms ("judgment" is a kind of...):

opinion; persuasion; sentiment; thought; view (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgment"):

conclusion; decision; determination (a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration)

Derivation:

judgmental (depending on judgment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

assessment; judgement; judgment

Context example:

they criticized my judgment of the contestants

Hypernyms ("judgment" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgment"):

adjudication (the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented)

disapproval (the act of disapproving or condemning)

evaluation; rating (act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of)

estimate; estimation (a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody)

logistic assessment (a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation)

value judgement; value judgment (an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed)

justice (judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments)

Derivation:

judge (form a critical opinion of)

judge (determine the result of (a competition))

judge (pronounce judgment on)

judgmental (depending on judgment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

judgement; judgment; judicial decision

Hypernyms ("judgment" is a kind of...):

due process; due process of law ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgment"):

judgement on the pleadings; judgment on the pleadings; summary judgement; summary judgment (a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law)

finding (the decision of a court on issues of fact or law)

opinion; ruling (the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself))

arbitrament; arbitration; arbitrement (the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment)

judgement on the merits; judgment on the merits (judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented)

dismissal; judgement of dismissal; judgment of dismissal (a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial)

judgement in rem; judgment in rem (a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons))

final decision; final judgment (a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment)

non pros; non prosequitur (a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court))

default judgement; default judgment; judgement by default; judgment by default (a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court))

cognovit judgement; cognovit judgment; confession of judgement; confession of judgment (a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings)

affirmation (a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand)

reversal (a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside)

judgement in personam; judgment in personam; personal judgement; personal judgment (a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages)

Derivation:

judge (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

judgement; judging; judgment

Hypernyms ("judgment" is a kind of...):

deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgment"):

prejudgement; prejudgment (a judgment reached before the evidence is available)

Derivation:

judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

judgmental (depending on judgment)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

judgement; judgment; legal opinion; opinion

Context example:

opinions are usually written by a single judge

Hypernyms ("judgment" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgment"):

concurring opinion (an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning)

dissenting opinion (an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case)

majority opinion (the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as 'the opinion'))

fatwah ((Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar)

dictum; obiter dictum (an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding)

Derivation:

judge (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

judgement; judgment; perspicacity; sound judgement; sound judgment

Hypernyms ("judgment" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgment"):

objectiveness; objectivity (judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices)

subjectiveness; subjectivity (judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts)

Derivation:

judgmental (depending on judgment)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

discernment; judgement; judgment; sagaciousness; sagacity

Hypernyms ("judgment" is a kind of...):

sapience; wisdom (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judgment"):

common sense; good sense; gumption; horse sense; mother wit; sense (sound practical judgment)

indiscreetness; injudiciousness (lacking good judgment)

circumspection; discreetness; discretion; prudence (knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress)

judiciousness (good judgment)

eye (good discernment (either visually or as if visually))

 Context examples 

So her judgment did not act.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Nothing, but to grow more worthy of him, whose intentions and judgment had been ever so superior to her own.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“To be depriving themselves of the advantage of other eyes and other judgments, might be an evil even beyond the loss of present pleasure.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

In the school of political projectors, I was but ill entertained; the professors appearing, in my judgment, wholly out of their senses, which is a scene that never fails to make me melancholy.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Sense would resist delirium: judgment would warn passion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The intent of the snarl is to warn or frighten, and judgment is required to know when it should be used.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

In his judgment, Sol-leks was the best lead-dog left.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

A corner of it, catching her eye as she lay, seemed to rise up in judgment against her.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

And upon this, and him, Louis passed judgment and prophecy.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I trust very much to your judgment and discretion, and I know that you will advise me for the best.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)