independent judgment

collocation in English

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independent
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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judgment
noun
uk
/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/us
/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/
the ability to form valuable opinions and make ...
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(Definition ofindependentandjudgmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindependent judgment

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The trustworthy citizen does not form anindependentjudgmentconcerning the wrongfulness of the action or the appropriateness of the sanction determined by the state.
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It creates conflicts of interest that compromise the loyalty of physicians to their patients and their exercise ofindependentjudgmenton behalf of patients.
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Would you support this proposal to give voters a direct say in making laws even if it would undermine theindependentjudgmentof elected officials?
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Does the decision group rely on the conclusions of an assessment report produced earlier or does it exerciseindependentjudgment?
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Although some did endeavour to exerciseindependentjudgment, a number indicated that they rarely or never had occasion to differ from the conclusions contained in the medical certificate.
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Their lawyer sometimes has to exerciseindependentjudgmentin the way in which he represents that person.
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Those who know her, know her to be a person ofindependentjudgment.
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It never takes anindependentjudgmenton any of these matters.
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The private soldier is not permitted to exercise any initiative, any independent will or anyindependentjudgment.
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If democracy is to mean anything, we have to ensure that there are independent people able to have anindependentjudgment.
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The independent bodies with independent funds, able to exerciseindependentjudgment, form a necessary counterbalace.
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To suggest that the editor of a newspaper against whom a complaint is made can make anindependentjudgmentis obviously absurd.
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The adjudicator will make anindependentjudgmenton the relative merits of each case, based on the facts and against those principles.
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The adjudicators will make anindependentjudgmenton the relative merits of each case, based on the facts and against those principles.
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They should be selected so that they are representative of the country as a whole and capable of exercisingindependentjudgment, whatever their political affiliations.
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The only qualification that is wanted in this matter is anindependentjudgment.
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They should he persons capable ofindependentjudgment, not affected by sectional interests within the industry, but coming from outside it.
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That is theindependentjudgmentwhich he made: that the practice being carried out was not such as to create a monopoly.
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The proposal seems to us to defeat utterly the principle ofindependentjudgment.
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