judgment
The act of judging.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of judging.
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”
The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
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.
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.
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JUDGMENT at a glance
JUDGMENT has 8 letters and scores 19 points in Scrabble (J 8 + U 1 + D 2 + G 2 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 25 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,377 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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