Entry Word: judgment

Function: noun

Meaning:

or judgement

1 a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard <the court will give its judgment in this case tomorrow morning> — see sentence
2 a position arrived at after consideration <eventually came to the judgment that the lawsuit wasn't worth their time> — see decision 1
3 an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge <your judgment of the situation isn't a very good one> — see opinion 1
4 an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something <critical judgment on that new comedy has been overwhelmingly negative> — see estimation 1