face the music

showdown

Decisive final confrontation

• reckoningSettlement of accounts
• moment of truthDecisive instant of revelation
• day of reckoningTime of final judgment

encounter · standoff · clash · challenge · opposition · defiance · engagement · collision · settling accounts · final accounting

consequences

Results of actions taken

• reckoningSettlement of accounts
• responsibilityState of being answerable
• answerabilityObligation to explain oneself

culpability · owning up · liability · blame · duty · obligation · penance · amends · reparation · atonement

acknowledgment

Confirmation of receipt

• admissionEntry or confession
• coming to termsAccepting a difficult truth
• resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position

concession · yielding · surrender · capitulation · owning up · confession · disclosure · truth-telling · bitter pill · hard truth

fate

Predetermined course of events

• destinyPredetermined course of events
• doomUnavoidable grim fate
• inescapableImpossible to avoid

unavoidable · certain · predetermined · karma · consequences · finality · necessity · no escape · chickens coming home

bravery

Boldness before danger

• fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
• resolveFirmness of purpose
• gritDetermination or abrasive particles

backbone · mettle · boldness · nerve · pluck · steadfastness · tenacity · stout-heartedness · fearlessness · stoicism

• body idiomsheart of gold, heart of stone, cold heart, warm heart, soft heart
• accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
• disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
• idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
• phrases about braverylion heart, nerves of steel, no fear, bold as brass, stand your ground
• Candor Phrasesto be honest, truth be told, honestly, frankly, to tell the truth