decisional
Pertaining to choices
Decisional means relating to or involving decisions.
The adjective appears mainly in legal, administrative, and academic contexts: decisional law (law made through court rulings rather than statutes), decisional capacity (the ability to make informed choices about one's own care).
Outside specialized writing, people typically reach for other constructions: decision-making process rather than decisional process.
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- determinationFirmness of purpose
decree · arbitration · finding · opinion · injunction · pronouncement · sentence · acquittal
Having recognized expertise
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- finalLast and decisive
- resoluteFixed in purpose
unequivocal · determinative · pivotal · critical · crucial · binding · irreversible · consequential
Careful weighing of choices
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
discernment · judgment · weighing · consideration · inference · deduction · contemplation · reflection
Ability to direct others
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- C-suiteTop executive positions
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
delegation · policy-making · managerial · oversight · administrative · command · directorial · organizational
verdict
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
determination · decree · arbitration · finding · opinion · injunction · pronouncement · sentence · acquittal · conviction
authoritative
Having recognized expertise
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- finalLast and decisive
resolute · unequivocal · determinative · pivotal · critical · crucial · binding · irreversible · consequential · momentous
deliberation
Careful weighing of choices
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
assessment · discernment · judgment · weighing · consideration · inference · deduction · contemplation · reflection · appraisal
leadership
Ability to direct others
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- C-suiteTop executive positions
boardroom · delegation · policy-making · managerial · oversight · administrative · command · directorial · organizational · strategic
decisionalautomatic
Operating without intervention
instinctive · reflexive · involuntary · autonomic · mechanical
decisionalpassive
Not actively participating
compulsory · mandatory · obligatory · reactive · deterministic
decisionalpredetermined
Established beforehand
algorithmic · rule-based · procedural · formulaic · prescriptive
- make a decisionSelect among options
- bad decisionPoor judgment call
- final decisionIrreversible ruling or choice
- decision makingChoosing a course of action
- snap decisionInstant, unreflective determination
- split decisionNon-unanimous judicial outcome
decision, indecision, decisions, decision-making, nondecision