reckoning
noun
reck·on·ing
ˈre-kə-niŋ 
ˈrek-niŋ
1
: the act or an instance of reckoning: such as
b
c
: calculation of a ship's position
2
: a settling of accounts
day of reckoning
3
: a summing up
Synonyms
Examples of reckoning in a Sentence
I was more than $10 off in my reckoning.
When the day of reckoning comes, we will have to face some unpleasant truths.
Our football team hardly comes into the reckoning.
Because of his injury, he is out of the reckoning.
The team is still in the reckoning.
Recent Examples on the Web
The loudest voices on the political spectrum make competing arguments: that Trump has been unfairly targeted because of his political views and that his status as a candidate has unjustly shielded him from a criminal reckoning.
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Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
Maybe this national reckoning was what supercharged a generation of helicopter parents.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The country’s responsibility for the Holocaust still defines a cultural sector whose institutions are committed to a national process of reckoning and atonement.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
And during the George Floyd racial reckoning in 2020, some activists called for statues depicting a White Jesus to be torn down along with Confederate monuments.
—John Blake, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
April is a month of reckoning, and a lot of that won’t be fun to go through.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2024
That's prompting a reckoning for buyers, sellers and real estate agents.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024
This grants Kid permission to weaponize it freely, sans conflict or spiritual reckoning—a thematic tension the movie never reconciles.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
And so there's some reckoning to deal with in the next episode, and then leaning on the people that are closest to him, and finding the right moments to open up and how much to share.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
Maybe this national reckoning was what supercharged a generation of helicopter parents.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The country’s responsibility for the Holocaust still defines a cultural sector whose institutions are committed to a national process of reckoning and atonement.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
And during the George Floyd racial reckoning in 2020, some activists called for statues depicting a White Jesus to be torn down along with Confederate monuments.
—John Blake, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
April is a month of reckoning, and a lot of that won’t be fun to go through.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2024
That's prompting a reckoning for buyers, sellers and real estate agents.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024
This grants Kid permission to weaponize it freely, sans conflict or spiritual reckoning—a thematic tension the movie never reconciles.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
And so there's some reckoning to deal with in the next episode, and then leaning on the people that are closest to him, and finding the right moments to open up and how much to share.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Reckoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reckoning. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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