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DECIDED, DECISIVE

"A decided opinion is a strong opinion, which perhaps decides nothing; a decisive opinion settles the question at issue. A lawyer may have decided views on a case; the judgment of a court is decisive."

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Decided, decisive—Decided means strong, positive, unquestionable; thus we may have "decided opinions" about many things. Decisive means that which settles a point at issue. "The opinion of a judge is decisive."

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