judgment

noun

1 the incident showed the extent to which his temper could affect his judgment:

discernment, acumen, shrewdness, astuteness, common sense, good sense, sense, perception, perspicacity, percipience, penetration, acuity, discrimination, wisdom, wit, native wit, judiciousness, prudence, sagacity, understanding, intelligence, awareness, canniness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, cleverness, powers of reasoning, reason, logic;

informal nous, savvy, know-how, horse sense, gumption, gray matter;

British, informal common;

North American, informal smarts;

rare sapience, arguteness.

2 a county-court judgment:

verdict, decision, adjudication, ruling, pronouncement, decree, finding, conclusion, determination;

sentence.

3 the critical judgment of work by artists and designers:

assessment, evaluation, appraisal;

review, analysis, criticism, critique.

4 the crash had been a judgment on them for their wickedness:

punishment, retribution, penalty;

just deserts.

□ against one's better judgment

reluctantly, unwillingly, grudgingly, under protest;

despite oneself.

□ in my judgment

in my judgment, such things should be forbidden:

in my opinion, to my mind, in my view, to my way of thinking, I believe, I think, as I see it, if you ask me, personally, in my book, for my money, in my estimation.