Refers to the process of abolishing, merging, and reorganizing entities such as organizations, facilities, or systems. Often used in administrative or corporate contexts.
The reorganization of municipalities is being promoted.
Due to the company's restructuring, departments were merged.
再編 is a more general term for reorganization or reshuffling, while 廃合整理 specifically implies abolishing and merging as part of the restructuring.
Compound of 廃合 (abolition and merger) and 整理 (organization, arrangement). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with administrative restructuring.