Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/December 31

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final reckoning n

(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) Synonym of judgement day (“the final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits”) Synonyms: apocalypse, Armageddon, day of judgment, doomsday, Final Judgment, Last Judgment (figurative) The act of assessing the overall merits of something. Happy New Year’s Eve from all of us at the English Wiktionary!

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