noun cutting off; division; detachment of a part.
2. decision ·noun the quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.
3. decision ·noun the act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
4. decision ·noun an account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the supreme court.