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Nouns (18)

judgment, assessment

n. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

judgment, judicial decision

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

judgment, judging

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

judgment, mind

n. an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"

judgment, opinion

n. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"

judgment, perspicacity, sound judgement, sound judgment

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

judgment, sagacity, sagaciousness, discernment

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

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Fuzzynyms (119)

opinion, ruling

n. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

finding

n. the decision of a court on issues of fact or law

sensing, perceiving, perception

n. becoming aware of something via the senses

verdict, finding of fact

n. (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment

determination, decision, conclusion

n. the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"

conviction, sentence, judgment of conviction

n. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

deduction, synthesis, deductive reasoning

n. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

analysis, analytic thinking

n. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

conclusion

n. the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

inference

n. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

reckoning, calculation, computation, figuring

n. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

discrimination

n. the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

delicacy, discretion

n. refined taste; tact

taste, preference, predilection, penchant

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

preference, predilection

n. a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

preference, druthers

n. the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

faculty, mental faculty

n. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

position, view, perspective

n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

stand, point of view, viewpoint, standpoint

n. a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

intellect, reason, understanding

n. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

reason

n. a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

interpretation

n. an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

record

n. anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"

record

n. a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

estimate, estimation, appraisal

n. a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

discretion, discernment

n. the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"

judiciousness, sagacity, sagaciousness

n. the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating

prudence

n. discretion in practical affairs

perspicacity, astuteness, shrewdness, perspicaciousness

n. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

providence

n. the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources

delicacy, discreetness, discretion, circumspection, prudence

n. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

perspicacity, astuteness, shrewdness, perspicaciousness

n. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

brilliance, genius

n. unusual mental ability

cunning, ingenuity, ingeniousness

n. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

brain, brainpower, mentality, wit, mental capacity, learning ability

n. mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

perception, percept, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

intellect, reason, understanding

n. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

discrimination

n. the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

taste, gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste

n. the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"

logic

n. reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

intuition

n. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

prevision, prescience

n. the power to foresee the future

position, view, perspective

n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

persuasion, view, opinion, thought, sentiment

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

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