DAY OF RECKONING definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of day of reckoning in English

Examples from literature
  • Nothing but firmness and strict justice will avert a bloody day of reckoning. 
  • She might, therefore, be left to believe what she liked to believe, without fear of a day of reckoning. 
  • So all your supposed merit will vanish when the day of reckoning comes. 
  • The day of reckoning seemed to have come. 
  • The day of reckoning was distant, but it came at last, as it always does to every sinner of us all. 
(Definition of day of reckoning from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of day of reckoning

day of reckoning
The hoverboard day of reckoning has finally arrived.
From Gizmodo
The men are only delaying the day of reckoning.
The states have been getting by on billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds, but the day of reckoning is at hand.
From CBS News
Aside from the damage it does to the living standards of the affected workers, lower pay only postpones the day of reckoning.
I think a day of reckoning will come in the next 5 to 10 years.
Stocks rallied not so much because the agreement solved the problem, but rather because the day of reckoning was postponed once again.
From TIME
But by this point, even the most dramatic royal gesture may not be enough to hold off the day of reckoning.
Surely the day of reckoning will come for these other states in the coming years.
Higher walls, tougher visa restrictions, and ships patrolling borders in increasing numbers will only postpone the day of reckoning.
To the genius that wrote "the financial day of reckoning is here", they both need to go.
From CNN
Over the past few months, the day of reckoning has come for many deal sites, with hundreds of businesses selling out or shutting down.
From TIME
Blunders of the past have led us to this day of reckoning.
From NOLA.com
The day of reckoning has arrived.
From CBS News
Inadequate responses would only push the inevitable day of reckoning down the road and make it that much worse.
Public pensions facing day of reckoning?
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Translations of day of reckoning

in Chinese (Traditional)
報應之時, (罪行)算帳之日…
in Chinese (Simplified)
报应之时, (罪行)算账之日…
in Spanish
ajuste de cuentas, el día del juicio final…
in Portuguese
hora da verdade, dia do juízo…
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le jour du Jugement…
kıyamet günü…
dag der vergelding…
den odplaty…
regnskabets time…
hari perhitungan…
เวลาที่จะต้องจ่ายค่าปรับ…
ngày tính sổ, ngày đền tội…
dzień zapłaty…
räkenskapens dag…
hari perhitungan…
Tag der Abrechnung…
regnskapets time/dag…
День Страшного Суду…
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