relegate

Verb
  1. Refer to another person for decision or judgment (synset 202595169)
    "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
    is a type of: submit - refer for judgment or consideration
    same as: pass on, submit
  2. Assign to a lower position;
    Reduce in rank (synset 202404473)
    "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
    is a type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
    subtypes:
    • sideline - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position
    • reduce - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
    same as: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs
  3. Expel, as if by official decree (synset 202509452)
    "he was banished from his own country"
    is a type of: expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out
    subtypes: spike - stand in the way of
    same as: banish, bar
  4. Assign to a class or kind (synset 200741667)
    "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
    is a type of: assign, attribute - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
    same as: classify

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