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Etymology

From Old French jugement (French jugement), from juger; see judge.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular judgement

Plural judgements

judgement (plural judgements)

  1. The act of judging
  2. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; as, a man of judgement; a politician without judgement.
    He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgement. –Psalms 72:2 (King James Version).
    Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgement look. –Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, I-i
  3. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
    She in my judgement was as fair as you. - Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV-iv
  4. The 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
    In judgements between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own. –Jer. Taylor.
    Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgement. –Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, IV-i
  5. (theology) The final award; the last sentence.

 

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