Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context sports English) 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 (context Christianity English) The summons which will call the spirits of the deceased to their heavenly reward at the time of Final Judgment. n. 1 (context sports English) 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 (context Christianity English) The summons which will call the spirits of the deceased to their heavenly reward at the time of Final Judgment.
Usage examples of "judgment call".
He wouldn't have had to actually 'suppress' it, because passing what started out as little more than unsubstantiated rumors along to me was a pure judgment call on his part.
But a lifetime spent around boats had given her the knowledge needed to make such a judgment call.
This is in essence a judgment call, since what is possible and what is not [cannot be] objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the reader.
And he really couldn't make a judgment call on the entire exercise until then, though he already had flagged his own superiors that something unusual was afoot.
You can't burden a nine-year-old boy with government secrets, or that kind of judgment call.