verdict

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The decision a jury or judge makes about whether someone is guilty in a court case.

   The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after two days of deliberation.

2. 2
   noun

   An opinion or judgement about something after thinking it over.

   After tasting every dish, the critic gave his final verdict on the restaurant.

From Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman verdit (> Medieval Latin veredictum), from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, sōþsprǣċ, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of truth, account, history". Doublet of veredictum.

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