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

e.g. they criticized my judgment of the contestants

Synonym: judgmentassessment

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

Synonym: judgmentjudicial decision

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

Synonym: judgmentsound judgmentsound judgementperspicacity

4. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

Synonym: sagacitysagaciousnessjudgmentdiscernment

5. the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

Synonym: judgmentjudging

6. an opinion formed by judging something

e.g. he was reluctant to make his judgment known
she changed her mind

Synonym: judgmentmind

7. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

e.g. opinions are usually written by a single judge

Synonym: opinionlegal opinionjudgment