Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Judgment
judgment, n. [see judge, v.] (webplay: God, fair, grace, mind, passing, power, race, right, spirit, world).
- Act of judging; process of comparing ideas in the mind to ascertain truth; action of examining facts and arguments to determine propriety and justice; [fig] faculty of mankind to examine in the mind.
- Day of reckoning; time appointed by God to decide the fate of individuals based on the choices of their mortal probation.
- Verdict; punishment; doom pronounced for recompense of broken laws.
- [Fig.] God.
- Act of passing sentence; determinations of a court of law.
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