adjudication

Main Entry:
adjudication [uh-joo-di-key-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: judgment
Synonyms: conclusion, decision, determination, finding, pronouncement, ruling, settlement, verdict
Main Entry: arbitration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: settlement of dispute
Synonyms: adjudication, adjustment, agreement, compromise, decision, determination, judgment, mediation
Main Entry: award
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prize or reward
Synonyms: accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap, gift, gold, gold star, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict
Notes: an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts
Main Entry: decision
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conclusion; resolution reached
Synonyms: accommodation, accord, adjudication, adjudicature, adjustment, agreement, arbitration, arrangement, choice, compromise, declaration, determination, end, finding, judgment, opinion, outcome, prearrangement, preference, reconciliation, resolution, result, ruling, selection, sentence, settlement, showdown, the call, the nod, understanding, verdict
Antonyms: deferment, deferral, delay, indecision, postponement
Main Entry: ruling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: judgment, decree
Synonyms: adjudication, decision, directive, edict, finding, law, order, precept, pronouncement, resolution, rule, ukase, verdict
Antonyms: plea
Main Entry: verdict
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: law judgment
Synonyms: adjudication, answer, arbitrament, award, conclusion, decision, decree, deduction, determination, finding, opinion, ruling, sentence
Antonyms: accusation
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Agreement.
Category: 4. GENERAL RELATION
Synonyms:
-nouns
agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding., conformity; conformance; uniformity; consonance, consentaneousness, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union., fitness, aptness; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey; sortance; case in point; aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation (relation)., adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation., consent (assent); concurrence; cooperation., right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just the thing.
-verbs
be accordant; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate., consent (assent)., render accordant; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust (render, equal); dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize, reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.
-adjectives
agreeing, suiting; in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious, reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours., apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible., fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft; meet (expedient)., at home, in one's proper element.
-adverbs
a propos of; pertinently.
-phrases
rem acu tetigisti; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Syrus]; discers concordia [Ovid].
Antonyms: disagreement
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