DIMENSIONS: DENOTATION / Quality
R E F E R E N C E S
1 Decisive adj. 1. having the power or quality of determining; putting an end to controversy. 2.characterized by or displaying decision; resolute; determined.
-Syn 1. conclusive, final. 2. firm.
Decision n. 1. the act of deciding, as on a question or problem by making a judgment. 2. . judgment, as one formally pronounced by a court. 3. the act of making up oneĶs mind. 4. something that is decided; resolution. 5. the quality of being decided; firmness. [, MF , L décisiõn- (s. of décisiõ), lit., a cutting off = décās(us) (ptp of décādere; see DECIDE) + -iõn -IOIN]
[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House, 1968.]
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