judgment

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

“they criticized my judgment of the contestants”

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

an opinion formed by judging something

“he was reluctant to make his judgment known”