reattribution
/ˌriːˌætrɪˈbjuːʃən/
noun
- The act or process of assigning a cause, source, or ownership to something again, especially in a new or corrected way.
- After the reattribution of funds, the project budget finally made sense.
- The reattribution of the error to a software bug helped the team fix the problem.
- The reattribution of the artwork to a lesser-known painter surprised the art world.
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