judgment
/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.28 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times."
- "a man of judgment / a man of good judgment"
- "a politician without judgment"
- "Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look."
- "He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment."
- "[T]he person presented shall be tried and examined by the judgment of learned men of the church; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mɪnt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
judgments (plural)
judgement (alternative, Commonwealth)
iugement (alternative, obsolete)
iudgement (alternative, obsolete)
iudgment (alternative, obsolete)
iudgemente (alternative, obsolete)
iudgmente (alternative, obsolete)
Derived Forms
Phrases
against one's better judgment
age of judgment
arrest of judgment
cloud one's judgement
Day of Judgment
declaratory judgment
default judgment
judgment call