裁決|さいけつsaiketsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdecision; ruling; judgement; judgment
    仲裁ちゅうさいでは普通ふつう6ヶ月かげつに裁決さいけつを下くだす。↗
    With arbitration, judgement is usually passed in six months' time.
Conjugation
Dictionary form裁決する(さいけつする)
Polite (masu)裁決します(さいけつします)
Negative (nai)裁決しない(さいけつしない)
polite (masen)裁決しません(さいけつしません)
classical zu / nu裁決せず・裁決せぬ(さいけつせず・さいけつせぬ)
Past (ta)裁決した(さいけつした)
polite (mashita)裁決しました(さいけつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)裁決しなかった(さいけつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)裁決しませんでした(さいけつしませんでした)
Te form裁決して(さいけつして)
Potential裁決できる(さいけつできる)
Passive裁決される(さいけつされる)
Causative裁決させる(さいけつさせる)
Causative passive裁決させられる(さいけつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)裁決すれば(さいけつすれば)
tara裁決したら(さいけつしたら)
Volitional裁決しよう(さいけつしよう)
polite (mashou)裁決しましょう(さいけつしましょう)
Imperative裁決しろ(さいけつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym裁定さいていWrittenWritten/formal. Deciding a matter after examining the facts, as in 「仲裁裁定」; also arbitrage trading. 「裁決」 is typically an agency's decision on a review request.
  • Related判決はんけつWrittenWritten/formal. A judgment handed down by a court — the judicial term, as in 「有罪判決」.
  • Related判定はんていNeutralNeutral. Covers referees deciding wins and losses and test or inspection results; broader in use than 「裁決」.
  • Related裁くさばくNeutralNeutral verb: to judge, to try a case or decide right and wrong; 「裁決」 is a noun, mostly for decisions made by administrative agencies.
  • Related裁きさばきNeutralNeutral noun for judgement or the act of judging, often as 「法の裁き」 or 「神の裁き」.

Use 「裁決」 for decisions an administrative agency makes on review requests and the like, as in 「裁決を下す」. Court judgments are 「判決」, deciding a matter on its merits is 「裁定」, and calls in matches or tests are 「判定」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 行政ぎょうせい庁ちょうが、法律上ほうりつじょうの争訟そうしょうに対たいして裁断さいだんする行為こうい。
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