judging

1. To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

   A higher power will judge you after you are dead.

2. To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

   Justices in this country judge without appeal.

3. To form an opinion on.

   I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.

4. To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

   We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.

5. To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

   I judge it safe to leave the house once again.

6. To form an opinion; to infer.

   I judge from the sky that it might rain later.

7. To criticize or label another person or thing.

noun

The act of making a judgment.