ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪŋ ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt maɪnd əˈpɪnjən ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ə.tiː ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkæs.ə.tiː səˈɡæsəti the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event they criticized my judgment of the contestants (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions an opinion formed by judging something he was reluctant to make his judgment known she changed her mind the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision opinions are usually written by a single judge