judgement -
n. (also judgment)
1 the critical faculty; discernment (an error of
judgement).
2 good sense.
3 an opinion or estimate (in my
judgement).
4 the sentence of a court of justice; a decision by a judge.
5 often joc. a misfortune viewed as a deserved recompense (it is a
judgement on you for getting up late).
6 criticism.
against one's better judgement contrary to what one really feels to be advisable. judgement by default see DEFAULT . Judgement Day the day on which the Last Judgement is believed to take place. judgement-seat a judge's seat; a tribunal. the Last Judgement (in some beliefs) the judgement of mankind expected to take place at the end of the world. [ME f. OF jugement (as JUDGE)]
