judgment

judgment
also judgement BrE noun
1 OPINION (C, U) an opinion that you form after thinking carefully about something: in sb's judgment: In my judgment, we should accept his offer. | pass judgment (=give your opinion or criticism) | reserve judgment (=refuse to decide before you have all the facts)
2 ABILITY TO DECIDE (U) the ability to make decisions about situations or people: The minister's remarks show a lack of political judgement. | sound judgment (=good judgment): sound editorial judgment
3 LAW (C, U) an official decision given by a judge or a court of law: a judgment delivered by the European court
4 against your better judgment if you do something against your better judgment, you do it even though you do not think it is the right thing to do: In the end I agreed to lend her the money, but it was against my better judgment.
5 a judgment something unpleasant that happens which seems like a punishment for the things you have done wrong
6 sit in judgment over sb to criticize someone's behaviour, especially unfairly
7 judgment call AmE a decision you have to make yourself because there are no fixed rules in a situation
—see also: last judgment, value judgment

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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