Judgment
Judgment
#480. Judgment. [Conclusion.] -- N. result, conclusion, upshot;
deduction, inference, ergotism[Med]; illation; corollary, porism[obs];
moral.
- estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication[obs];
dijudication[obs], adjudication; arbitrament, arbitrement[obs],
arbitration; assessment, ponderation[obs]; valorization.
- award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report.
- decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree;
findings of fact; findings of law; res judicata[Lat].
- plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote &c. (choice) 609; opinion &c.
(belief) 484; good judgment &c. (wisdom) 498.
- judge, umpire; arbiter, arbitrator; asessor, referee.
- censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; commentator &c. 524; inspector,
inspecting officer.
- twenty-twenty hindsight[judgment after the fact]; armchair general,
monday morning quarterback.
- V. judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at
a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind.
- deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction,
weet|, ween[obs].
- form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate,
rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon &c. (believe) 484;
review; size up *.
- settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce,
rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment,
deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a
verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm &c. (assent) 488.
- comment, criticize, kibitz; pass under review &c. (examine) 457;
investigate &c. (inquire) 461.
- hold the scales, sit in judgment; try judgment, hear a cause.
- Adj. judging &c. v.; judicious &c. (wise) 498; determinate,
conclusive.
- Adv. on the whole, all things considered.
- Phr. "a Daniel come to judgment" [Merchant of Venice]; "and stand a
critic, hated yet caress'd" [Byron]; "it is much easier to be critical than
to be correct" [Disraeli]; la critique est aisee et l'art est
difficile[Fr]; "nothing if not critical" [Othello]; "O most lame and
impotent conclusion" [Othello].