judgment call

1. A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement.

2. Any decision or other determination based on subjective criteria, especially one which takes into account the particular circumstances of a situation.

3. The summons which will call the spirits of the deceased to their heavenly reward at the time of Final Judgment.

1. Tom made a bad judgment call.

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2. I didn't have time to think. I had to make a judgment call.

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3. I made a judgment call.

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4. It was a judgment call.

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5. Saying intersex people have a "developmental disease" is a judgment call, not an objective fact.

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