outworking

Process playing out

Outworking is the process of something being worked out or developed—the gradual unfolding of events, consequences, or plans: the outworking of God's purpose, the outworking of economic forces.

The word appears most often in religious and philosophical contexts, describing how abstract principles manifest in concrete reality.

Less commonly, outworking refers to work done outside a main facility.

process

development

Progress toward maturity

evolution · realization · implementation · execution · actualization · fruition · culmination · consequence · result · outcome

theology

implications

Suggested but unspoken meanings

fruit · evidence · expression · application · practice · demonstration · salvation · faith · obedience · transformation

remote

telecommuting

Employment from afar

freelance · self-employed · project-based

subcontracting

outsourcing

Third-party task delegation

third-party · manufacturing · assembly · garments · textiles · footwear · electronics · sweatshop · supply-chain · factory

Opposites
realization vs. conception

outworkingconception

Formation of an idea

formulation · planning · plan · blueprint · theory

expression vs. suppression

outworkingsuppression

Forcible prevention or concealment

inhibition · containment · repression · blocking · stifling

process vs. stasis

outworkingstagnation

Absence of flow or progress

inertia · dormancy · standstill · suspension · arrest

Family

work, worker, working, network, framework, artwork, rework, workable, overwork

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G