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reckoning

noun

: the act of calculating the amount of something

: the time when your actions are judged as good or bad and you are rewarded or punished

: the act of judging something

Full Definition of RECKONING

: the act or an instance of reckoning: as

a : account, bill

c : calculation of a ship's position

: a settling of accounts <day of reckoning>

: a summing up

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14th century

Synonyms: appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimation, evaluation, estimate, valuation

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