opinion

A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: synonym: view.

A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert.

A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing.

The prevailing view.

A court’s formal, usually written statement explaining its reasons for its decision in a case.

An attorney’s formal, usually written statement giving an assessment of how the law should be or is likely to be applied in a particular situation.

A piece of testimony that is not usually admissible when given by a layperson, as in contrast to an opinion given by an expert witness.

To think; opine.

A judgment formed or a conclusion reached; especially, a judgment formed on evidence that does not produce knowledge or certainty; one’s view of a matter; what one thinks, as distinguished from what one knows to be true.