DETERMINATION, noun 1. The act of determining or deciding. 2. Decision of a question in the mind; firm resolution; settled purpose; as, they have acquainted me with their determination 3. Judicial decision; the ending of a controversy or suit by the judgment of a court. Justice is promoted by a speedy determination of causes, civil and criminal. 4. Absolute direction to a certain end. Remissness can by no means consist with a constant determination of the will to the greatest apparent good. 5. An ending; a putting an end to; as the determination of a will.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI