Relegation
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of being relegated; Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others. countable, uncountable
- 2 mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position wordnet
- 3 The act of being relegated; demotion in a hierarchy, for example in business countable, uncountable
- 4 the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category wordnet
- 5 The act of being relegated; demotion of status etc. countable, uncountable
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- 6 authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions wordnet
Example
More examples"Auxerre recorded their first victory of the season, climbing out of the relegation zone in the process."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin relēgātiō, relēgātiōnis.