Meanings
plural verdicts
- lawA decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
I hope the court overturns his verdict.
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guilty verdict, not guilty verdict, final verdict
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLCWhen his body was retrieved, it was apparent that he had not raised his hands to cover his face. Had he suffered some sort of fit or seizure? The coroner’s verdict was accidental death.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger’s history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 124The Supreme Court said Monday that unanimous jury verdicts are required in state criminal trials for serious offenses, handing a victory to criminal defendants including petitioner Evangelisto Ramos, who was convicted of murder in Louisiana on a 10-2 vote. […] “We took this case to decide whether the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial – as incorporated against the States by way of the Fourteenth Amendment – requires a unanimous verdict to convict a defendant of a serious offense,” Gorsuch wrote.
2020 April 20, Ariane de Vogue, “Supreme Court says unanimous jury verdicts required in state criminal trials for serious offenses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2021Synonyms: finding
- An opinion or judgement.
a “not out” verdict from the umpire
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We've reached a verdict on your proposal.
Synonyms: conclusion, determination, view, award, censure, choice, opinion, conclusion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
nounAn opinion or judgement.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Anglo-Normanverdit
- Middle Englishverdit
- Englishverdict
From Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman verdit (> Medieval Latin veredictum), from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, sōþsprǣċ, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of truth, account, history". Doublet of veredictum.
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Ancient Greek κρίσις
- κρίσις (krísis)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Arabic حُكْم
- حُكْم (ḥukm)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Basque epai
- epaidecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Bulgarian присъ́да, верди́кт
- присъ́да (prisắda)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- верди́кт (verdíkt)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- мнение (mnenie)opinion or judgement
- съждение (săždenie)opinion or judgement
Catalan veredicte, parer
- veredictedecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- pareropinion or judgement
Chinese Mandarin 裁決 /裁决, 裁定
- 裁決 /裁决 (cáijué)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- 裁定 (cáidìng)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- 裁決 /裁决 (cáijué)opinion or judgement
- 判斷 /判断 (pànduàn)opinion or judgement
Czech výrok, rozsudek
- výrokdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- rozsudekdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- verdiktdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Danish kendelse, dom
- kendelsedecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- domdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- meningopinion or judgement
- udtalelseopinion or judgement
Dutch uitspraak, oordeel
- uitspraakdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- oordeeldecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- oordeelopinion or judgement
Esperanto verdikto
- verdiktodecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Estonian otsus, kohtuotsus
- otsusdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- kohtuotsusdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- verdiktdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Finnish tuomio, lausunto
- tuomiodecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- lausuntoopinion or judgement
French verdict
- verdictdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
German Gerichtsurteil, Urteil
- Gerichtsurteildecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- Urteildecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- Urteilopinion or judgement
Greek ετυμηγορία
- ετυμηγορία (etymigoría)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Hebrew פְּסַק דִּין
- פְּסַק דִּין (psak din)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Hindi निर्णय, फ़ैसला
- निर्णय (nirṇay)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- फ़ैसला (faislā)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Hungarian ítélet
- ítéletdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Icelandic úrskurður, dómur
- úrskurðurdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- dómurdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- dómsúrskurðurdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Irish breithiúnas, breith
- breithiúnasdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- breithdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- fíorascdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- tuairimopinion or judgement
Italian verdetto
- verdettodecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Japanese 評決, 判定
- 評決 (hyōketsu)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- 判定 (hantei)opinion or judgement
Korean 평결, 판정
- 평결 (pyeonggyeol)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- 판정 (panjeong)opinion or judgement
Latin crīmen, sententia
- crīmendecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- sententiaopinion or judgement
Latvian spriedums, verdikts
- spriedumsdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- verdiktsdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Lithuanian nuosprendis, verdiktas
- nuosprendisdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- verdiktasdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Māori whakataunga
- whakataungadecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Norwegian Bokmål kjennelse
- kjennelsedecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Persian حکم
- حکم (hokm)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Polish orzeczenie, werdykt
- orzeczeniedecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- werdyktdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- wyrokdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Portuguese veredito
- vereditodecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Romanian verdict
- verdictdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Russian пригово́р, реше́ние
- пригово́р (prigovór)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- реше́ние (rešénije)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- верди́кт (verdíkt)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- сужде́ние (suždénije)opinion or judgement
- верди́кт (verdíkt)opinion or judgement
Slovak výrok, rozsudok
- výrokdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- rozsudokdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- verdiktdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Spanish veredicto, fallo
- veredictodecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- fallodecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- falloopinion or judgement
Swedish utslag, dom
- utslagdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- domdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- domslutdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- eftermäleopinion or judgement
- meningopinion or judgement
- utlåtandeopinion or judgement
Tagalog hatol
- hatoldecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Thai คำพิพากษา
- คำพิพากษา (kam-pí-pâak-sǎa)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Turkish hüküm, hüküm
- hükümdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- hükümopinion or judgement
Ukrainian ви́рок, при́суд
- ви́рок (výrok)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- при́суд (prýsud)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- при́говор (prýhovor)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- верди́кт (verdýkt)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- су́дження (súdžennja)opinion or judgement
Urdu فیصلہ, حکم
- فیصلہ (faislā)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- حکم (hukm)decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Vietnamese bản án, phán quyểt
- bản ándecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- phán quyểtdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
Welsh rheithfarn, dyfarniad
- rheithfarndecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
- dyfarniadopinion or judgement
- barnopinion or judgement
Cite this entry
verdict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verdict
“verdict.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verdict. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verdict,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verdict.
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