# judgment

Pronunciation: say "JUJ-muhnt" /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/

## Noun

1. The mental faculty of deciding rightly or wisely; the power to form sound opinions and make sensible decisions.
   - Simple: The ability to make good choices and decisions after thinking carefully.
   - _Years of experience sharpened her judgment in difficult cases._
   - _Trusting your own judgment matters most when no clear rules apply._
2. A conclusion, opinion, or decision reached by judging someone or something.
   - Simple: An opinion or decision you reach after thinking about something.
   - _The committee reached its judgment after weeks of heated debate._
   - _In his judgment, the risk was simply too great to accept._
3. A court's official decision or sentence determining what conforms to law and justice in a case.
   - Simple: A court's official decision about what the law says in a case.
   - _The appeals court issued its judgment in favor of the defendant._
   - _Both sides waited anxiously for the judgment to be read aloud._
4. The act of weighing evidence or facts in order to form an opinion or reach a decision.
   - Simple: The act of deciding or forming an opinion about something.
   - _The judgment of art is rarely free from personal taste._
   - _Hasty judgment of strangers often leads to unfair conclusions._
5. The final decision or sentence delivered at the end of time, especially God's ultimate reckoning of humankind.
   - Simple: God's final decision about people at the end of the world.
   - _The sermon described the judgment that awaits every soul at the world's end._
   - _Medieval cathedrals often depicted the final judgment above their main doors._

## Origin

This word comes from Middle English 'juggement', borrowed from Old French 'jugement', which goes back through Late Latin 'iūdicāmentum' to Latin 'iūdicō'. It partly replaced the older word 'doom', and can be analyzed as 'judge' plus the suffix '-ment'.

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