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RELEGATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does relegation mean?

• RELEGATION (noun)
The noun RELEGATION has 3 senses:

1. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
2. the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
3. mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position

Familiarity information: RELEGATION used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• RELEGATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

delegating; relegating; relegation; delegation; deputation

Hypernyms ("relegation" is a kind of...):

authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relegation"):

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

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("relegation" is a kind of...):

assortment; categorisation; categorization; classification; compartmentalisation; compartmentalization (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he has been relegated to a post in Siberia

Hypernyms ("relegation" is a kind of...):

banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)

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