reckoning
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- noun
- /ˈrɛkənɪŋ/
- Literature
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- And now, the day of reckoning has come.
- day of reckoning
- a time of reckoning
- a final reckoning
So you mentioned this idea of like this reckoning or this death March.
- So you mentioned this idea of like this reckoning or this death March.
- And yesterday was a mini reckoning of what he is doing.
- This is a a moment of reckoning for the soul.
- it's like there's a, there's a, there's a, a brutal reckoning. Yeah,
- And and so that that period of time was A reckoning.
- I think that there is a real reckoning with with who you are and how you work.
- We've never had a reckoning with that immense abuse of state power.
- It's and, and, you know, I think we haven't had the full reckoning of what that cost people.
- And it prevents you from having an honest reckoning with why you started to do that in the first place.
- Their children can actually have quite sophisticated moral judgments, but they want there to be some sort of reckoning within the stories.
Examples
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Your day of reckoning is at hand!
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Brothers and sisters, today we have to come to A reckoning with our failings.
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And you are not having this moment of reckoning with yourself.
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This is a a moment of reckoning for the soul.
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I think that there is a real reckoning with with who you are and how you work.
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The day of reckoning is upon us.
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In four days, they will face their final reckoning.
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More than explanation, it required a reckoning with the past.
Fiction book (2000) -
The 2016 election is over, and the reckoning has now begun.
Academic text (2016) -
In four days, they will face their final reckoning for their past actions.
Synonyms
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8.8
In Christian belief, a future day when God judges everyone's life and decides their final place after death
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8.6
Serious trouble or punishment someone gets for something they did
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8.0
A time when people must face the results of their past actions
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A time when someone must face the results of their past actions
The day when God judges everyone and the world ends
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.1
To estimate your position using direction, distance, and past information without tools
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reckoning comes from the old verb reckon, which meant 'to give an account', so a reckoning as a time of judgment is like a final 'settling of accounts' when people must face the results of their actions.