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judgment.

The act of judging.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt//ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/Canada, US
  1. The act of judging.

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  2. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.

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    a man of judgment / a man of good judgment
    a politician without judgment
  3. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

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  4. 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.

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  5. The final award; the last sentence.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.

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