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1. countableuncountableThe act of judging.

   The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.

   1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376

   Synonyms: adjudication

2. countableuncountableThe power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.

   a man of (good) judgment

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   a politician without judgment

   Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.

   c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

   He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 72:2

   [T]he person presented shall be tried and examined by the judgment of learned men of the church; […]

   1840, Lewis Rose, chapter I, in An Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. […] , Glasgow: George Gallie, →OCLC, page 8

   We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.

   2024, National Transportation Safety Board, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022

   Synonyms: discernment, sense

3. countableuncountableThe conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

   She in my judgment was as fair as you.

   c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]

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   Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […]

   1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC

   Synonyms: estimate, thinking, verdict, award, censure, choice, opinion, conclusion

4. countableuncountablelawThe 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.

   Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.

   c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]

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   In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own

   1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC

   Synonyms: attaintment, condemnation, attaintment, condemnation, conviction, judgement, proscription

5. countableuncountablelifestyleThe final award; the last sentence.