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relegate

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Synonyms: delegate, relevate, religate, relagate, renegate, renegade, elevate, release, legate, relate, ablegate

Antonyms: delegate, relevate, religate, relagate, renegate, renegade, elevate, release, legate, relate, ablegate

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

  1. Exile, banish, remove, or send away. Exile or banish to a particular place. Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere. Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate. Remove or send to a place far away.
  2. Exile or banish to a particular place.
  3. Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
  4. Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
  5. Remove or send to a place far away.
  6. Consign or assign. Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
    • Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
    • After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
  7. Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
    • Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
  8. Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
  9. Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
    • After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
  10. Refer or submit. Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof. Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate. Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
  11. Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
  12. Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
  13. Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

Noun

  1. A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

Adjective

  1. Relegated; exiled.

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