A meeting or conversation in which someone is asked about a job they have just done or an experience they have just had, in order to gather information or feedback.
After the mission, the team gathered for a debriefing to discuss what went well and what could be improved.
The information, report, or feedback obtained during such a post-action discussion.
Her detailed debriefing highlighted several procedural flaws.
debriefingadjective
Relating to or intended for a debriefing.
The team gathered in a debriefing room after the exercise.
debriefverb
To question someone, typically a soldier or spy, about a completed mission or task.
After the mission, the commander debriefed the soldiers to gather information about the operation.
To report back and provide information after completing a task, mission, or event (intransitive use).
The astronauts debriefed to mission control after returning to Earth.