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

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

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

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

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

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

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

adj. (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; "unfavorable winds"

adj. not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression"

adj. not favorable; "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"

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

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

n. becoming aware of something via the senses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

n. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

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

n. refined taste; tact

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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"

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

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"

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"

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

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"

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

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

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

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

n. the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating

n. discretion in practical affairs

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

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

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

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

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

n. unusual mental ability

n. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

n. the power to foresee the future

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

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?"

adj. presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

adj. not auspicious; boding ill

adj. badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"

adj. causing negative effects

adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

adj. not desirable; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens"

adj. not opportune; "arrived at a most inopportune hour"; "an inopportune visit"

adj. not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic"

adj. not propitious

adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

adj. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

adj. tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage

adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

adj. badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a naughty boy"

adj. (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port"

adj. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

adj. very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"

adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

adj. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"

adj. unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"

adj. exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"

adj. not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess"

adj. having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"

adj. unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"

adj. severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

adj. not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

adj. "the pay is unsatisfactory and the conditions are unacceptable"

adj. not conducive to good moral development; "the movie is unsuitable for children"

adj. (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

adj. presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs or success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration"

adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"