judgment

  1. Noun.  The act of judging.
  2. Noun.  The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment.
  3. Noun.  The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
  4. Noun.  (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.
  5. Noun.  (theology) The final award; the last sentence.

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