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   Reck·on·ing

   /ˈrek(ə)niNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of calculating or estimating something: "last year was not, by any reckoning, a particularly good one" Similar calculationestimationcomputationworking outsummationcountingadditiontotaltallyscore
   • ▪ a person's view, opinion, or judgment: "by ancient reckoning, bacteria are plants" Similar opinionviewjudgmentevaluationway of thinkingestimateestimationappraisalconsideration
   • ▪ a bill or account, or its settlement.
   • ▪ the avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds: "the fear of being brought to reckoning" Similar retributionfatedoomnemesisjudgmentpunishmentwhat is coming to someone

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