Reassign

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To assign again or anew. transitive

    "The offending employees were reassigned after the incident."

  2. 2
    transfer somebody to a different position or location of work wordnet
  3. 3
    To transfer back what was previously assigned. transitive

Synonyms

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reappropriatetransfertransfer

Example

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"The Catholic Church's pedophilia problem is systemic; it involves not only individual priests but the bishops who cover up for them and reassign them."

Etymology

From re- + assign.

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