Dictionary definition · relegate
verb
- refer to another person for decision or judgment"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank"She was demoted because she always speaks up"
- expel, as if by official decree"he was banished from his own country"
- assign to a class or kind"How should algae be classified?"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).