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verb (v)

• refer to another person for decision or judgment(verb.social)

  Example:
  She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues.
  

  Synonym:
  pass on, submit
  

  source: wordnet30
• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  break, bump, demote, kick downstairs
  Antonym:
  advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade
  

  source: wordnet30
• expel, as if by official decree(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  banish, bar
  

  source: wordnet30
• assign to a class or kind(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms.
  

  Synonym:
  classify
  

  source: wordnet30
• To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.(verb)

  source: webster1913