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Relegating   /rˈɛləgˌeɪtɪŋ/   Listen
Relegating

noun
1.
Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.  Synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegation.


Relegate

verb
(past & past part. relegated; pres. part. relegating)
1.
Refer to another person for decision or judgment.  Synonyms: pass on, submit.
2.
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.  Synonyms: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs.  "He was broken down to Sergeant"  Antonym: promote.
3.
Expel, as if by official decree.  Synonyms: banish, bar.
4.
Assign to a class or kind.  Synonym: classify.  "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"





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"Relegating" Quotes from Famous Books



... would have left no room for the doctrine of state rights, or its corollary—the power of a state to nullify a Federal law. It would have settled the question of Federal supremacy beyond the possibility of controversy by relegating the states to a strictly subordinate place in our political system. But inasmuch as the Constitution contained no provision of this character it left the states in a position to defend their claim to coordinate ...
— The Spirit of American Government - A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And - Relation To Democracy • J. Allen Smith


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