pass judgment Meaning of "pass judgment"

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Definition(s):

  • (v) form a critical opinion of

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Usage(s):

  1. A federal jury was ready to pass judgment on whether he had lied in denying that he had given secret State Department documents to a Soviet agent in 1938.
  2. Musing on what truth is within the context of a memoir, Oates seemed to be questioning how Winfrey could pass judgment on the literary worth of an individual's own truth.
  3. In modern times, they have not hesitated to pass judgment on such basic moral issues as abortion and the death penalty.
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