verdict
VUR-diktnounMeaning a decision or judgment, especially a jury’s
Memory hook VER + DICT = TRUE + SAID. In the case of the missing cake, the jury says what it truly believes: “Not guilty!” The dog wags happily at the verdict.
After one bite, Grandpa gave his verdict: the best chili he had ever tasted.
In context After two days of listening to witnesses, the jury returned its verdict: not guilty on every charge.
Similar judgment, decision, ruling, finding
From Medieval Latin veredictum, “truly said”: vere (truly) + dictum (said).