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- DictionaryDe·ci·sion/dəˈsiZH(ə)n/
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- 1. a conclusion or resolution reached after consideration: "I'll make the decision on my own" Similar resolutionconclusionsettlementcommitmentresolvedeterminationchoiceoptionselectionverdictfindingrulingrecommendationjudgmentpronouncementadjudgmentadjudicationarbitrationsentencedecreeorderruleinjunctionfindingsresultsdeterminationresolverare:arbitrament
- ▪ the action or process of deciding something or of resolving a question: "the information was used as the basis for decision"
- ▪ a formal judgment: "last year's Supreme Court decision"
- ▪ the ability or tendency to make decisions quickly; decisiveness: "she was a woman of decision" Similar decisivenessdeterminationresolutionresolutenessresolvefirmnessstrong-mindednesssingle-mindednessdoggednessstrength of mindstrength of willfirmness of purposefixity of purposepurposepurposefulness
- ▪ the awarding of a fight, in the absence of a knockout or technical knockout, to the boxer with the most rounds won or with the most points.
- ▪ a win or a loss assigned to a pitcher.
Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin decisio(n-), from decidere ‘determine’ (see decide).
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