What is "day of reckoning"

Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.

1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically:

   1. An account of time.
      --Sandys.

   2. Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.

      Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often.
      --South.

      He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived.
      --Macaulay.

2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.

   A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning.
   --Addison.

3. Esteem; account; estimation.

   You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed.
   --Sir P. Sidney.

4. (Navigation)

   1. The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.

   2. The position of a ship as determined by calculation.

      To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.

      day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's transgressions.

n. 1 (context Christianity Islam English) The final and eternal judgment by God of all nations; Final Judgment. 2 (context by extension English) Any time or event at which responsibility will be assigned.

1. n. (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, doomsday, crack of doom, end of the world]

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, doomsday, end of the world]

__NOTOC__ Day of reckoning refers to the Last Judgment of God in Christian belief where everyone after death is called to account for their actions committed in life.

Day of Reckoning may also refer to:

Day of Reckoning is the second album by the Boston-based metalcore music band Diecast. It was released on February 13, 2001, by Now or Never Records.

Day Of Reckoning is a novel by Jack Higgins, first published in 2000. It is one of a series of books featuring the philosopher/killer Sean Dillon.

Day of Reckoning is the twelfth studio album by German thrash metal band Destruction. It was released on 18 February 2011 in Europe and March 8, 2011 in North America via Nuclear Blast. The first limited edition of the album does not have the band's logo on the booklet while the vinyl version and second pressing of the CD show a red Destruction logo on it.

This is the first album to feature their new drummer Vaaver. The first statements from the band are promising, for the oldschool fans, a more fast and turbulent album than the 2008 studio record D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. that will go more 'back to the roots'. On December 18, 2010 in Portugal, they played "Hate Is My Fuel" for the first time. Day of Reckoning sold over 800 copies in its first week in the U.S.

Day of Reckoning is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film starring Richard Dix, Madge Evans and Conway Tearle. It is based on a novel by Morris Lavine. When a man is sent to prison, his wife is romanced by another man.