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sound judgment

n. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment, judgement, sound judgement, perspicacity]

Usage examples of "sound judgment".

I would ask why the youngest brigadier in the service should be put over the heads of the oldest and thereby take rank and command of gentlemen who but yesterday were his seniors, gentlemen who, as I will be bound to say in behalf of some of them at least, are of sound judgment and unquestionable bravery.

Under the circumstances, she showed eminently sound judgment in refusing to risk disordering the task group's command at such a moment.

She has also demonstrated self-control and sound judgment, alike in emergencies and in ordinary difficulties.