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   reckoning

   /ˈrɛk(ə)nɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of calculating or estimating something: "the sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, Earl of Mar" Similar calculationestimationcomputationworking outsummationcountingadditiontotaltallyscore
   • ▪ a person's opinion or judgement: "by ancient reckoning, bacteria are plants" Similar opinionviewjudgementevaluationway of thinkingestimateestimationappraisalconsideration
   • ▪ a bill or account, or its settlement. archaic
   • 2. the avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds: "the fear of being brought to reckoning" Similar retributionfatedoomnemesisjudgementpunishmentwhat is coming to someone
   • 3. contention for a place in a team or among the winners of a contest: "he has hit the sort of form which could thrust him into the reckoning"

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   • E

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   • C

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   • K

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   • O

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   • N

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