- against your better judgement
- against (your) better judgement
if you do something against your better judgement, you do it although you think it is wrong.
I lent him the money against my better judgement.
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against better judgement — against (your) better judgement if you do something against your better judgement, you do it although you think it is wrong. I lent him the money against my better judgement … New idioms dictionary
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judgement — judgment UK [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt] / US or judgement UK / US noun Word forms judgment : singular judgment plural judgments ** 1) [countable/uncountable] an opinion that you have after thinking carefully about something judgment about: It is still too soon… … English dictionary
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judgment — judg|ment W2 also judgement BrE [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(opinion)¦ 2¦(ability to decide)¦ 3¦(law)¦ 4 a judgment (on somebody/something) 5 judgment call ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(OPINION)¦ [U and C] … Dictionary of contemporary English
