Definition of "day of reckoning" []

• Any time or event at which responsibility will be assigned. (noun)

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• "Following South Africa’s safe passage through the depths of the J curve and its emergence as a right-side-of-the-curve state, thousands of South African citizens faced a day of reckoning before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town."