relegation Definition

relegate
verb relegated, relegating

1. To move someone down to a lower grade, position, status, etc.

Thesaurus: remove, banish, eliminate, expel, dismiss, demote, deport, dispatch, downgrade, eject, exile, expatriate, transfer.
2. sport.especially football.
To move (a team) down to a lower league or division. Compare promote (sense 1b).
3. To refer (a decision, etc) to someone or something for action to be taken.

Thesaurus: assign, commit, entrust, confide, delegate, refer, consign.

Derivative: relegable
adj

Derivative: relegation
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin relegare, relegatum to send away.