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# judgment

«judgment» in Mova's school dictionary: **the ability to make good, sensible decisions** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a judgment, judgments; also spelled judgement, judgements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Judgment is the ability to make good, sensible decisions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#m1)

2) A judgment is an opinion you form after thinking about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#m2)

3) (law) A judgment is a decision made by a judge or a court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#m3)

4) (Bible, church) Judgment Day or the Last Judgment is when, Christians believe, God will judge all people at the end of time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE lessons «use your judgment» means think it through before acting, for example about online safety. In law and news, a court «gives its judgment». In church and art lessons the Last Judgment is painted in many churches, such as Michelangelo's in the Sistine Chapel. Phrases: «good judgment», «pass judgment on», «use your judgment», «a judgment call», «against my better judgment».

### examples

- Use your judgment and stay away from the riverbank in a flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#x1)
- She showed good judgment when she told a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#x2)
- The judge gave her judgment in the afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#x3)
- Don't pass judgment on him before you know the facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#x4)
- It's a judgment call whether to play in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#x5)
- Against my better judgment, I ate the whole bag of sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#x6)
- Christians believe in a final Judgment Day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#x7)
- "I can imagine no better judgment." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/#x8)

### note

Two spellings: «judgment» is usual in the USA and in law; «judgement» is common in the UK, Australia and New Zealand outside law. Both are correct; keep one style. From the verb «judge». Countable for a decision, uncountable for the ability.

### In the corpora

- [God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.984/)
- [Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.610/)
- [Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.653/)
- [Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.577/)
- [And it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.994/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «judgment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judgment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.