relegate
[verb]
Synonyms: demote, downgrade

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Related Words: accredit, charge, credit, refer

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rel‧e‧gate /ˈreləɡeɪt, ˈrelɪɡeɪt/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of relegare 'to send back to do a job']

1. formal to give someone or something a less important position than before
relegate somebody/something to something
Women tended to be relegated to typing and filing jobs.

2. British English if a sports team is relegated, it is moved into a lower division Antonym : promote
relegate something/somebody to something
We were relegated to the Fourth Division last year.
—relegation /ˌreləˈɡeɪʃən, ˌrelɪˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

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