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relegate

Dictionary definition · relegate

verb

  1. refer to another person for decision or judgment"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
  2. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank"She was demoted because she always speaks up"
  3. expel, as if by official decree"he was banished from his own country"
  4. assign to a class or kind"How should algae be classified?"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).