(judgments)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in BRIT, also use 'judgement'
1.
A judgment is an opinion that you have or express after thinking carefully about something.
In your judgment, what has changed over the past few years?...
I don't really want to make any judgments on the decisions they made.
N-VAR
2.
Judgment is the ability to make sensible guesses about a situation or sensible decisions about what to do.
I respect his judgement and I'll follow any advice he gives me...
N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss
3.
A judgment is a decision made by a judge or by a court of law.
The industry was awaiting a judgment from the European Court...
= verdict, ruling
N-VAR
4.
If something is against your better judgment, you believe that it would be more sensible or better not to do it.
Against my better judgement I agreed...
PHRASE: PHR with cl, PHR after v, v-link PHR
5.
If you pass judgment on someone or something, you give your opinion about it, especially if you are making a criticism.
It's not for me to pass judgement, it's a personal matter between the two of you...
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.
Doctors are reserving judgement on his ability to travel until later in the week.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR on n
7.
To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
He argues very strongly that none of us has the right to sit in judgement.
PHRASE: V inflects