- delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation - authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
--1 is a kind of authorization, authorisation, empowerment
--1 has particulars: devolution, devolvementDerived form: verb relegate1 - relegation - the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
--2 is a kind of categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment
Derived forms: verb relegate2, verb relegate4 - relegation - mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"
--3 is a kind of banishment, proscription
Derived form: verb relegate3