relegate

present singular third person relegates · participle present relegating · participle past relegated · past relegated · alternative religate

1. Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
   1. transitivedone to a personExile or banish to a particular place.
   2. obsoleterarereflexiveRemove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
   3. Ancient Romehistoricaltransitivedone to a personBanish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.

      Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].

      2002, Mark Morford, The Roman Philosophers, →ISBN, page 183

   4. figurativelytransitiveRemove or send to a place far away.
2. Consign or assign.
   1. transitiveConsign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.

      Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.

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      Our correspondent adds that, when he visited Rouen in 1910, the engine had been relegated to the shuttle service between Rouen (Rive Droite) and Rouen (Rive Gauche).

      1946 November and December, “A Veteran French Tank Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 382

      A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield.

      2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57

      Synonyms: debase, demote, humble, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, debase, defame

   2. transitiveAssign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
   3. transitiveball gamesTransfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.

      After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.

      Antonyms: promote

3. Refer or submit.
   1. transitiveRefer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
   2. transitiveSubmit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
   3. archaictransitiveSubmit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

plural relegates · alternative relagate

1. obsoletehistoryA person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

alternative relegat · alternative religait

1. archaicnot comparableRelegated; exiled.