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outing

noun [C or U] (MADE PUBLIC)
 
 
/ˈaʊ.tɪŋ/ US  /-t̬ɪŋ/

Definition

an occasion when it is made public that a famous person is gay when he or she wanted to keep this information private: There have been several outings of well-known movie stars recently.Relating to sexual preference
(Definition of outing noun (MADE PUBLIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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