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judgment
A	noun
	1	judgment, judgement, assessment
			the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚judgment, judgement, assessment ╚value judgment; value judgement ╚logistic assessment ╚estimate; estimation ╚evaluation; rating ╚disapproval ╚adjudication
	2	judgment, judgement, judicial decision
			(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚due process; due process of law ╚judgment, judgement, judicial decision ╚summary judgment; summary judgement; judgment on the pleadings; judgement on the pleadings ╚judgment on the merits; judgement on the merits ╚judgment of dismissal; judgement of dismissal; dismissal ╚judgment in rem; judgement in rem ╚judgment in personam; judgement in personam; personal judgment; personal judgement ╚final judgment; final decision ╚non prosequitur; non pros ╚default judgment; default judgement; judgment by default; judgement by default ╚confession of judgment; confession of judgement; cognovit judgment; cognovit judgement ╚affirmation ╚reversal
	3	judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity
			the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity ╚subjectivity; subjectiveness ╚objectivity; objectiveness
	4	sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
			ability to make good judgments
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚ability; power ╚know-how ╚wisdom; sapience ╚sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment ╚injudiciousness; indiscreetness ╚discretion; discreetness; circumspection; prudence ╚judiciousness ╚common sense; good sense; gumption; horse sense; sense; mother wit ╚eye
	5	judgment, judgement, judging
			the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚decision making; deciding ╚judgment, judgement, judging ╚prejudgment; prejudgement
	6	judgment, judgement, mind
			an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚belief ╚opinion; sentiment; persuasion; view; thought ╚judgment, judgement, mind ╚decision; determination; conclusion
	7	opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement
			the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚document; written document; papers ╚legal document; legal instrument; official document; instrument ╚opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement ╚obiter dictum; dictum ╚fatwah ╚majority opinion ╚dissenting opinion ╚concurring opinion

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