Outplace

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To terminate a person's employment, but help the former employee to obtain another post.
  2. 2
    To move to a new location; displace; remove; oust.

    "At the same time, the District of Columbia and the Department of Health and Human Services are under the 1976 Federal court decision, Dixon versus Sullivan and Dixon to outplace patients residing in St. Elizabeths Hospital into community residential facilities."

Synonyms

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displace

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"At the same time, the District of Columbia and the Department of Health and Human Services are under the 1976 Federal court decision, Dixon versus Sullivan and Dixon to outplace patients residing in St. Elizabeths Hospital into community residential facilities."

Etymology

From out- + place.

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