Judge and Return

Judge

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

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

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Judge and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Judge" instead a verb "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

old	old judge	old return
good	good judge	good return
special	special judge	special return
better	better judge	better return
Other adjectives: regular, alien, original, single, actual, real, big, great, evil, dark, main, permanent, later, last, different.

humanity	judge humanity	return humanity
soul	judge soul	return soul
ability	judge ability	return ability
power	judge power	return power
Other words: people, someone, place, rest, time, way, earth, world, book, player, everyone, souls, memories.

While it didn't actually happen, something similar was done in Season 15's semifinals by having past Idol finalists return to sing duets with the contestants, and a heavily pregnant Kelly did return as a guest judge a week later.

Source: Series / American Idol
In Jurisprudence Scotty makes a deal with a corrupt judge who knows the killer's identity: the judge gives up the murderer, and in return Scotty doesn't expose his bribery scheme to the feds.

Source: Series / Cold Case
It seems that she's since gotten over the incident, and made a return as judge for the 2013 series.

Source: Series / The X Factor

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