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Definition of Sound judgement
1. Noun. The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.
Generic synonyms: Trait
Specialized synonyms: Objectiveness, Objectivity, Subjectiveness, Subjectivity
Derivative terms: Judgmental
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sound Judgement
Literary usage of Sound judgement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1825)
"... of fine person and upright intentions, who possessed the most dangerous of
all endowments, when unaccompanied with sound judgement,...a ready eloquence. ..."
2. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1825)
"... of fine person and upright intentions, who possessed the most dangerous of
all endowments, when unaccompanied with sound judgement,...a ready eloquence. ..."
3. History of Greece: I. Legendary Greece. II. Grecian History to the Reign of by George Grote (1854)
"Kleon displayed sound judgement and decision, and was one of the essential causes
of the success. be ultimately slain or made prisoners. ..."
4. Sermons by Robert Bruce, Robert Wodrow, William Cunningham (1843)
"the retreat when we should sound the march, nor we man not sound the march when
we should sound the retreat; we man not sound judgement when the Lord ..."
5. Philosophical Essays Presented to John Watson by John Watson (1922)
"The highest occupation of man is the use of intellect, and this is shown in sound
judgement. Drawing is to be studied because it produces sound judgement of ..."
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