Synonyms of reckoning with

reckoning with

phrase

present participle of reckon with

as in allowing (for)

to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)

After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allowing (for)
• providing (for)
• considering
• taking into account
• regarding
• taking account of
• factoring (in or into)
• anticipating
• figuring on
• adjusting
• expecting
• facing
• contemplating
• adapting
• conditioning
• planning
• accommodating
• foreseeing
• assuming
• calculating
• presupposing
• envisaging
• presuming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discounting
• disregarding
• factoring (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reckoning with

To Pärssinen, the findings force a deeper reckoning with humanity’s stewardship of the Amazon today. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

In the century that followed, however, some Americans still insisted on reckoning with Washington’s involvement in slavery. — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

For those of us who are reckoning with our youthful tanning exploits, however, the idea of wearing an oil formula in place of a cream or lotion seems like the antithesis of sun safety. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 July 2026

Their pogoing second album, Where’s My Utopia, saw Smith reckoning with the cost of fame and allowed the band to play some of the biggest gigs of their career. — Nick Reilly, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026

American democracy will spend decades reckoning with the harm this administration and its enablers in Congress have done. — Oliver Adams Larkin, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026

But what elevates the songs into a dyptych masterpiece is its struggle to name and inhabit a feeling when reckoning with another person’s heart. — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

Ireland has been reckoning with the legacy of mother-and-baby homes run by the Catholic Church, in which tens of thousands of women were housed in often degrading conditions. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

Though the ache of nostalgia reverberates throughout, the songs remain intensely present and vulnerable in their reckoning with it. — Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026