Relegate

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  • transitive verb. To consign to an inferior or obscure place, rank, category, or condition.
  • transitive verb. To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To send away or out of the way; consign, as to some obscure or remote destination; banish; dismiss.
  • In Roman law, to send into exile; cause to remove a certain distance from Rome for a certain period.
  • In law, to remit or put off to an inferior remedy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
  • verb. Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
  • verb. Consign or assign.
  • verb. Refer or submit.
  • adjective. Relegated; exiled.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. expel, as if by official decree
  • verb. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  • verb. refer to another person for decision or judgment
  • verb. assign to a class or kind
  • Word Usage
    "I've decided that the word relegate is too boring on its own and needs the 'ma' to spice things up a bit."
    Form
    en  l  relegated  relegating  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    delegate  
    Same Context
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    Synonym
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    accredit  assign  ban  banish  banish  
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