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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions;
[syn: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Relegate \Rel"e*gate\ (r?l"?-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating.] [L. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See Legate.] To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. [1913 Webster] It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

relegating n 1: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation]