judgement
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
judgement /ˈʤʌʤmənt/ (also judgment)
▶noun
- 1 the ability to make considered decisions or form sensible opinions.
■ an opinion or conclusion.
■ a decision of a law court or judge.
- 2 formal or humorous a misfortune viewed as a divine punishment.
– phrases
against one's better judgement contrary to what one feels to be wise.
sit in judgement assume the right to judge someone, especially critically.
against one's better judgement contrary to what one feels to be wise.
sit in judgement assume the right to judge someone, especially critically.
usage: In British English the normal spelling in general contexts is judgement. However, the spelling judgment is conventional in legal contexts, and in North American English.
'judgement' also found in these Oxford entries:
acquittal
- adjudicate
- advisement
- affirm
- akrasia
- arbitrage
- Armageddon
- arrest
- avizandum
- Beth Din
- blind
- cardinal sin
- CCJ
- censure
- common sense
- conclude
- conclusion
- consider
- crack
- crime
- day
- Day of Judgement
- decide
- decree
- default
- descriptive
- discerning
- discriminating
- discrimination
- -dom
- doom
- doomsday
- enormity
- error
- eschatology
- estimate
- eye
- far-seeing
- fieri facias
- foolish
- give
- hand
- indiscriminate
- informed
- injudicious
- interlocutory
- judgemental
- Judgement Day
- judgement in default
