private judgment

American  

noun

1. personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.

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Example Sentences

“A paragraph of loosely written language is no excuse to interject your private judgment!”

From Slate

“Let me be clear, SkySilk does not advocate nor condone hate, rather, it advocates the right to private judgment and rejects the role of being the judge, jury, and executioner.”

From Slate

“Montaigne is supposed to be the best proof of . . . the victory of private judgment over systems or schools of thought,” Desan writes.

From The New Yorker

We're always judging, sitting in personal private judgment of the movies we see anyway...

From The Guardian

In an apology post, Twitter said that it stood by the “private” judgment, since it can’t know or investigate whether someone uses an address for personal or public business.

From Time