relegation

Other forms: relegations

Definitions of relegation

1. noun

   authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
   synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegating

   types:

   devolution, devolvement

   the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)

   type of:

   authorisation, authorization, empowerment

   the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
2. noun

   the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
   type of:

   assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization

   the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
3. noun

   mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position
   type of:

   banishment, proscription

   rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone