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scouting
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scouting has 1 sense
- scouting(n = noun.act) exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring - exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous" is a kind of reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission
Derived form verb scout1
THESAURUS
scouting
abjuration, abjurement, chucking, chucking out, contempt, contradiction, declination, declining, denial, despisal, despising, disapproval, discard, disclamation, discounting, dismissal, disownment, disregard, exception, exclusion, exploration, ignoring, nonacceptance, nonapproval, nonconsideration, passing by, putting away, putting out, rebuff, recantation, recce, recco, recon, reconnaissance, reconnoiter, reconnoitering, refusal, rejection, renouncement, repudiation, repulse, spurning, throwing out, turning out
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