judgement

noun

1. 1

   the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

   they criticized my judgment of the contestants

2. 2

   (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

3. 3

   the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

4. 4

   the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

5. 5

   the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

6. 6

   an opinion formed by judging something

   he was reluctant to make his judgment known

   she changed her mind

7. 7

   the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

   opinions are usually written by a single judge