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judgment also judgement
 
NOUN:1. The ability to make sensible decisions: common sense, sense, wisdom. Informal : gumption, horse sense. See ABILITY. 2. A position arrived at by reasoning from premises or general principles: conclusion, deduction, illation, illative, inference. See REASON. 3. The act or result of judging the worth or value of something or someone: appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, valuation. See VALUE. 4. An authoritative or official decision, especially one made by a court: decree, determination, edict, pronouncement, ruling. See LAW. 5. A judicial decision, especially one setting the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted person: sentence. Slang : rap1. See LAW.
 
 
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