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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of going out; an airing; an excursion;

as, a summer

outing

A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time.

[Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

outing ‎(plural outings)

A pleasure trip or excursion.
An appearance to perform in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.
- 2012, BBC News: Daniel Radcliffe defends casting as poet Allen Ginsberg :
  The role is the latest dramatic outing for Radcliffe since the end of the successful Potter franchise.
The practice of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual without that person's consent.

excursion — see excursion

public revelation of homosexuality

outing