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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.

    Definition of judgement in English Dictionary

  • NounPLjudgementsSUF-ement
    1. Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of judgment Sometimes found in the United States.
    2. More Examples
      1. 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.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Countable nouns
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      1. en judgements
      2. en judgemental
      3. en judgementally
      4. en judgement day
      5. en judgementalism
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of judgement for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "judgement" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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