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

n. a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

judgment, judgement

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

persuasion, view, 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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determination, decision, conclusion

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

judgment, judgement, assessment

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

dictum, obiter dictum

n. an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

announcement, proclamation, annunciation, promulgation

n. a formal public statement

dictate

n. an authoritative rule

directive

n. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"

order

n. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

say-so, pronouncement, dictum

n. an authoritative declaration

estimate, estimation

n. a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"

vote

n. the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"

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?"

feeling, impression, notion, belief

n. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

shot, scene

n. a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

voice, vocalization

n. the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"

call, cry, outcry, yell, shout, vociferation

n. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

call, song, birdcall, birdsong

n. the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"

cry, yell

n. a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"

attitude, mental attitude

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

position, view, perspective

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

stance

n. standing posture

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"

creed, credo

n. any system of principles or beliefs

belief, dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

confidence

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

denomination

n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

feeling, impression, notion, belief

conception, concept

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

perception, percept, perceptual experience

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

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

feeling

n. the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

heart, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, affection, warmheartedness

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

fire, ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"

inclination

n. that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"

contemplation, thoughtfulness, reflection, reflexion, meditation, rumination, musing

n. a calm lengthy intent consideration

study, cogitation

n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"

approximation, estimate, estimation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

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)

view, opinion

determination, decision, conclusion

n. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"

belief, dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

hope

n. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

confidence

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

denomination

n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

feeling, impression, notion, belief

conception, concept

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

attitude, mental attitude

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

prognosis, forecast

n. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

feeling

n. the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

heart, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, affection, warmheartedness

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

fire, ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"

inclination

n. that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"

position, view, perspective

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

contemplation, thoughtfulness, reflection, reflexion, meditation, rumination, musing

n. a calm lengthy intent consideration

study, cogitation

n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"

approximation, estimate, estimation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

judgment, judgement, sagacity, sagaciousness, discernment

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

intuition

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

prevision, prescience

n. the power to foresee the future

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