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  • 1quick judgment — index discretion (quality of being discreet) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2judgment — UK [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt] / US or judgement UK / US noun Word forms judgment : singular judgment plural judgments ** 1) [countable/uncountable] an opinion that you have after thinking carefully about something judgment about: It is still too soon to form a …

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  • 3judgment or judgement — judg|ment or judge|ment [ dʒʌdʒmənt ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount an opinion that you have after thinking carefully about something: judgment about: It is still too soon to form a judgment about this. make a judgment: He s too quick to make… …

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  • 4judgment*/*/ — [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt] noun 1) [C/U] an opinion that you have after thinking carefully about something It is still too soon to form a judgment about this.[/ex] He s too quick to make judgments about other people.[/ex] She is not someone who passes judgment …

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  • 5judgment — n. 1. Discernment, understanding, intelligence, discrimination, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence, ballast, depth, sense, mother wit, quick parts, common sense, good sense, long head. 2. Determination, decision, conclusion,… …

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  • 6Investigative judgment — The Investigative Judgment is a unique Seventh day Adventist doctrine, which asserts that a judgment of professed Christian believers has been in progress since 1844. The doctrine is intimately related to the history of the Seventh day Adventist… …

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  • 7Snap judgment — Snap Snap, n. [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See {Snap}, v. t.] 1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth. [1913 Webster] 3. A sudden, sharp motion …

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  • 8rash judgment —    This term (combining an adjective of Germanic origin meaning quick or fast with the Latin judicare,meaning to judge ) refers to the faulty judgment of a person who makes assumptions about the guilt of another person without sufficient evidence …

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  • 9discretion — dis·cre·tion /dis kre shən/ n: power of free decision or latitude of choice within certain bounds imposed by law reached the age of discretion struck down death penalty provisions administered through unbridled jury discretion L. H. Tribe: as a:… …

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  • 10acumen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. discernment, shrewdness, penetration; intelligence.Ant., dullness, obtuseness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. keenness, insight, penetration, perspicacity, percipience, discernment, sharpness, acuteness,… …

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