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opinion, ruling
n. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi
n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement
n. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
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"
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decision, determination, 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"
obiter dictum, 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
promulgation
n. the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
dictate
n. an authoritative rule
directive
n. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"
order
n. a request for something to be made, supplied, or served; "I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle"
pronouncement, dictum, say-so
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"
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, stance, posture
n. a rationalized mental attitude
stance
n. standing posture
point of view, viewpoint, stand, 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 class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"
impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
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"
concept, conception, construct
n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
percept, perception, perceptual experience
n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
cognition, knowledge, noesis
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"
affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
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"
ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness
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"
rumination
n. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
cogitation, study
n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
estimate, estimation, approximation, 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, thought process, 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"
history, account, chronicle, story
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"
report card, report
n. a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card"
appraisal, estimate, estimation
n. a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
opinion, view
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"
concept, conception, construct
n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer
n. a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
gleam, gleaming, glimmer
n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)
hint, tip
n. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi
n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought
n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
sympathy, understanding
n. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
perception
n. knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
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"
insight, sixth sense
n. grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
cognition, knowledge, noesis
n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom
n. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
principle, rule
n. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"
rumination
n. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
cogitation, study
n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
conviction, strong belief, article of faith
n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
estimate, estimation, approximation, 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, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
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