judgement in English: A decision made by a court or a judge; also your ability to decide what is right or sensible. (noun)

Translation

A decision made by a court or a judge; also your ability to decide what is right or sensible.

Word origin

From Old French jugement, from Latin iudicare, meaning to judge.

Gender

Pluraljudgements

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The spelling judgment, without the middle e, is used in American English and in British law.

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Here it means your ability to decide sensibly.

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"In my judgement" is a formal way to say in my opinion.

judge

A person who decides what is right and wrong in a court of law.

court

The place where a judge decides if someone has broken the law.

decide

To choose what to do after thinking about it, so you are no longer unsure.

opinion

What you think or believe about something, when other people may think something different.

law

A rule made by a country that everyone must follow.

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