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comings-out

comings-out is the plural of coming-out.

Meaning of coming-out

Noun

coming-out (plural coming-outs or comings-out)

  1. The act of coming out of the closet
    • As he learns how much of himself he has suppressed in his quest for respectability, as he slowly and reluctantly begins to be a whole person, we will hear echoes of our own comings-out.1986 April 12, Duncan Mitchel, “To Grow Gently and with Honor”, in Gay Community News, page 9

Questions about comings-out

What is comings-out the plural of?
Comings-out is the plural of coming-out.

Words near comings-out in the dictionary

  1. comingling
  2. comings
  3. comings and goings
  4. comings of age
  5. comings together
  6. comings-out
  7. Comino
  8. COMINT
  9. Comintern
  10. cominuscule
  11. comique

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