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1. Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
   - delegating, delegation, relegation, deputation

1. Refer to another person for decision or judgment
   "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
   - pass on, submit
    
2. Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
   - demote, bump, break, kick downstairs
    
3. Expel, as if by official decree
   - banish, bar
    
4. Assign to a class or kind
   "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
   - classify

See also: relegation

Type of: assign, attribute, authorisation [Brit], authorization, delegate, depute, designate, empowerment, expel, kick out, subject, submit, throw out