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releasing factor |
releasing hormone |
releasor |
relegate |
relegating |
relegation
| relent
| relentless
| relentlessly
| relentlessness
| relentment
relegation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun relegation has 3 senses
- relegation(n = noun.act) delegating, delegation, deputation, relegating - authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions; Array is a kind of authorisation, authorization, empowerment
- relegation(n = noun.act) Array - the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category; Array is a kind of assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization
- relegation(n = noun.act) Array - mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia" is a kind of banishment, proscription
has particulars: devolution, devolvement
Derived form verb relegate1
Derived forms verb relegate4, verb relegate2
Derived form verb relegate3
CIDE DICTIONARY
relegation, n. [L. relegatio: cf. F. relégation.].
The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
relegation
Transference
N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.Ejection
N ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion, exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection, discharge, emesis, vomiting, vomition, egestion, evacuation, ructation, eructation, bloodletting, venesection, phlebotomy, paracentesis, expuition, exspuition, tapping, drainage, clearance, clearage, deportation, banishment, rouge's march, relegation, extradition, dislodgment, bouncer, chucker-out, vomit, vomitus, puke, barf, emitting, emitted Int, begone!, get you gone!, get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you!, go your way!, away with!, off with you!, get the hell out of here!, go about your business!, be off!, avaunt!, aroynt!, allez-vous-en!, jao!, va-t'en!.
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