| decision |  | |
| 1. n. The act of deciding. | |
| 2. n. A choice or judgement. | |
| It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech. | |
| It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla. | |
| 3. n. Firmness of conviction. | |
| After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision. | |
| 4. n. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest. | |
| He has won twice by knockout, once by decision. | |
| 5. n. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher. | |
| 6. v. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout | |
