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Relegating

noun

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

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"Relegating" Quotes from Famous Books

... Madonna was received with great pomp. Augustus III. had it brought in haste into the reception hall of his palace; as the place of honour was occupied by the throne, he, himself, seized the royal chair, and relegating it to a less conspicuous station, he cried: "Room for the great Raphael." If this is historic, it does honour to the prince; if legendary, it is to the glory of the people ...

— Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers • Esther Singleton

... Anglo-Saxondom is concerned—for Ellen Key must be excepted—are either unaware of the meaning of eugenics at all, or are up in arms at once when the eugenist—or at any rate this eugenist, who is a male person—mildly inquires: But what about motherhood? and to what sort of women are you relegating it by default? ...

— Woman and Womanhood - A Search for Principles • C. W. Saleeby

Words linked to "Relegating" : devolution, delegation, relegate, authorization, authorisation, empowerment, delegating, devolvement