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Noun relegation has 3 senses
- delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation - authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
--1 is a kind of authorization, authorisation, empowerment
--1 has particulars: devolution, devolvement
- relegation - the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
--2 is a kind of categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment
- relegation - mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"
--3 is a kind of banishment, proscription
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