Synonyms for Delegation

Synonyms for "delegation" (118 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Noun(5 words)

commissionagency relationshipsagent relationshipassignment bequeathing

accession agency agentship anointing anointment appointment arrogation assignment assumption authority authorization brevet care change charge commendation commission commissioning commitment

Strong matches (35)

committee commutation consecration consignment coronation curedelegated authoritydeputation deputyship devolution devolvement displacement election embassy empowerment enfeoffment entrusting entrustment errand exchange

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executorship exequatur

Noun(12 words)

consigning contingent contingents covey delegacy delegates delegatingdelegation of authoritydeputation deputations deputizing entrustment

Verb(1 words)

entrust

Related words (59)

factorshipfull powerinfeodation infeudation jurisdiction legationlegitimate successionlicense lieutenancy mandate mission officeplenipotentiary powerpower of attorneypower to actprocuration proxy purviewquid pro quoregency

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Adjective(1 words)

group wide delegation

Verb(2 words)

intrustingrelinquish authority

Noun(8 words)

mission negotiators relegating relegation representatives subcontractingtask delegationtasking

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries

authorisation authorization empowerment groupmanagement actionorganisation organizationorganizational processtask distribution

More specific

4 entries

authority transferstudent delegationtask delegationteacher delegation

Collocations

6 entries

classroom delegationdelegated tasksdelegation of authoritydelegation of dutiesdelegation planstudent delegation

Inflections

1 entries

delegations

Derivations

4 entries

delegable delegate delegatee delegator

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It was the first delegation that the new country had ever received.

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No delegation was allowed to visit the besieged region.

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The delegation were escorted around the newly-built stadium.

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A trade delegation has gone to Japan ahead of the Prime Minister to crunch the numbers with their Japanese counterparts.

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Delegation