relegate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb refer to another person for decision or judgment
  2. verb assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  3. verb expel, as if by official decree

Etymology

First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

pass on, submit

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