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

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