Explain and Judge

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Judge and explain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Judge" instead a verb "Explain".

Judge verb - To give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute).

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Explain and judge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Judge".

ability	explain ability	judge ability
power	explain power	judge power
strength	explain strength	judge strength
situation	explain situation	judge situation
Other words: time, way, actions, abilities, differences, motives.

We give them a chance to explain so that the exceptions can tell us whats going on and we can judge the situation and react accordingly!

Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Non-Canon)
The example used to explain the skill is standing before a judge to be sentenced for murdering your parents — and pleading for clemency because you're an orphan.

Source: Refuge In Audacity / Tabletop Games
Both versions of Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, although the fact that the Bloody Code was still in force at the time may explain some of it.

Source: Hanging Judge

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