The act of judging; the operation of the
mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge
of the values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities,
intellectual concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is
obtained; as, by careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a
series of wrong judgments he forfeited confidence.
The power or faculty of performing such
operations (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or
deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of
judgment; a politician without judgment.
The conclusion or result of judging; an
opinion; a decision.
The act of determining, as in courts of
law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination,
decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge; the mandate or
sentence of God as the judge of all.
That
act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended
as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their
agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold:
(1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving
what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an
inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic,
synthetic, and identical.
A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way
of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment.
The final award; the last
sentence.
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