Decision  

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"Between the demand to be clear, and the temptation to be obscure, impossible to decide which deserves more respect" --Emil Cioran, [...]

The Monkey Connoisseurs (1837) by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
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The Monkey Connoisseurs (1837) by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

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Decision may refer to:

  1. The act of deciding.
  2. A choice or judgement.
  3. Firmness of conviction.
  4. A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
  5. A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Etymology

From dē- (“down from”) +‎ caedō (“I cut”).

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