judgment
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
judgment
- 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 politician without judgment
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Psalms 72:2 ↗:
- He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.
- c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act 1, scene 1]:
- Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
- 1589–93 William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV:iv
- She in my judgment was as fair as you.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 14:
- Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
- And yet methinks I have astronomy ...
- 1589–93 William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV:iv
- (legal) 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.
- In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own.
, Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, IV-i - Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.
- (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
- French: jugement
- German: Urteil
- Italian: giudizio
- Portuguese: juízo, julgamento
- Russian: осужде́ние
- Spanish: juicio
- German: Urteilsvermögen
- Portuguese: juízo
- Russian: сужде́ние
- French: jugement, sentence, verdict
- German: Beurteilung
- Italian: sentenza, giudizio, verdetto, pronuncia, giudicato
- Portuguese: juízo
- Russian: сужде́ние
- Spanish: juicio
- German: (obsolete) Richtspruch, Richterspruch, richterliche Entscheidung
- Russian: (суде́бное) разбира́тельство
- Spanish: juicio
- French: jugement dernier
- German: Urteil
- Portuguese: juízo
- Russian: пригово́р
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