# Review Outcomes

A Stewardship Review concludes with one of the ratified outcomes
below. It never concludes with "Approved", "Rejected", or "Failed"
— a review is not a verdict.

| Outcome | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| **Aligned** | Fulfills the stewardship responsibilities it claimed. No blocking gaps. |
| **Needs Stewardship** | Responsibilities are named but not yet owned by a steward. |
| **Needs Context** | Artifacts exist without the context that lets a future person understand them. |
| **Needs Continuity** | Does not yet survive interruption, departure, or the passage of time. |
| **Needs Hospitality** | Conditions have not been prepared for the people the capability serves. |
| **Needs Clarification** | Purpose, rationale, or scope is unclear enough that responsible review cannot be completed. |
| **Needs Preservation** | Understanding built by the capability risks being lost. |

## Forbidden outcomes

`approved`, `rejected`, `failed`, `passed`, `denied`, `blocked` —
enumerated in `FORBIDDEN_REVIEW_OUTCOMES` and enforced by the
validation check `no-verdict-language`.