A choice or judgement.
A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
Firmness of conviction.
A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
The act of deciding.
To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout
A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.