judgement meaning
EN[dʒʌdʒmənt]WJudgement
- Judgement (or judgment) is the evaluation of evidence to make a decision. The term has four distinct uses:
- Informal - opinions expressed as facts.
- Informal and psychological – used in reference to the quality of cognitive faculties and adjudicational capabilities of particular individuals, typically called wisdom or discernment.
- Legal – used in the context of legal trial, to refer to a final finding, statement, or ruling, based on a considered weighing of evidence, called "adjudication". See spelling note for further explanation.
- NounPLjudgementsSUF-ement
- Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of judgment Sometimes found in the United States.
- Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of judgment Sometimes found in the United States.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- In the unlikely event of losing Pascal's Wager, I intend to saunter in to Judgement Day with a bookshelf full of grievances, a flaming sword of my own devising, and a serious attitude problem.
- This self-destructive act of autosodomy is the most powerful symbol in the novel for what is the essence of Cela's judgement on the Civil War: the sterile orgasm of a perverted national psyche.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of judgement in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary