relegation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
noun the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
noun mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position

Borrowed from Latin relēgātiō, relēgātiōnis.

After the doom of relegation is expired, he comes hither at midsummer. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor
To every section of Churchmen the relegation of moral sanctions within the domain of verifiable consequences was a doctrine to be resisted strenuously. — Studies in Literature and History, Alfred C., Sir Lyall
Mrs. Meldrum’s further information contributed moreover to these indulgences--her account of the girl’s neglected childhood and queer continental relegations, with straying, squabbling, Monte-Carlo-haunting parents; the more invidious picture, above all, of her pecuniary arrangement, still in force, with the Hammond Synges, who really, though they never took her out--practically she went out alone--had their hands half the time in her pocket. — Embarrassments, Henry James

delegating, delegation, relegating, deputation

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