final reckoning

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final reckoning

/ˌfaɪnl̩ ˈɹɛk(ə)nɪŋ/ UK
/ˌfaɪn(ə)l ˈɹɛk(ə)nɪŋ/ US

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From final + reckoning (“act or occasion of accounting to God after death for one’s conduct in life”).

noun final reckonings

Judaism, countable, uncountable Synonym of judgement day (“the final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits”).
Similar: apocalypse, Armageddon, day of judgment, doomsday, Final Judgment, Last Judgment, judgement day
countable, figuratively, uncountable The act of assessing the overall merits of something. In the final reckoning, Spain paid the price for the Achilles heel that troubled them in the early stages of this competition, namely an inability to crown glorious passing and approach play with an end product.

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"final reckoning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/final%20reckoning. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"final reckoning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/final%20reckoning.

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@misc{final_reckoning_2026,
  title = {final reckoning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/final%20reckoning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}