| the time when one is called to account for one's actions, to pay one's debts, or to fulfill one's promises or obligations. |
| day of reckoning | |
noun | |
| 1. | (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives |
| 2. | an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: doom] |
