judgment

noun

1. an opinion formed by judging something"he was reluctant to make his judgment known"
2. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event"they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
3. (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
4. the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
5. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision"opinions are usually written by a single judge"
6. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
7. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations