redirectionn.
/ˌriːdᵻˈrɛkʃn/, /ˌriːdʌɪˈrɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˌridəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌridaɪˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of redirecting someone or something.
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society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [noun] > addressing letter > to new address
redirection1689
1689 P. Belon Court Secret: Pt. 2 sig. B7v He began to consider which way to begin, and in what proper Terms to propose to Amurat , so that he might not find out his drift, the redirection of Clonstad and of Albiona to him.
1796 W. Tooke tr. C. M. Wieland Private Hist. Peregrinus Proteus II. 26 The harmony of my mind could no otherwise be restored, than by the redirection of the whole activity of my mind to the great end.
1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. vi. 162 He would give special orders as to the re-direction of his own letters from the post-office.
1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xxiii. 681 Many clinicians feel that any re-direction of behavior should be limited to fitting the individual into the pattern of the particular group to which he belongs.
1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 19/2 The formulation of our proposals for the redirection of resources.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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