Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.

synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegating.

Roget 297: ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion, exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection^†; discharge.    emesis, vomiting, vomition^†.    egestion^†, evacuation; ructation^†, eructation; bloodletting, venesection [Med.], phlebotomy, paracentesis^†; expuition, exspuition; tapping, drainage; clearance, clearage^†.    deportation; banishment etc. (punishment ) 972; rouge's march; relegation, extradition; dislodgment.    bouncer [U.S.], chucker-out [Slang].    [material vomited] vomit, vomitus [Med.], puke, barf [Coll.].    ... show more

Roget 270: transfer, transference; translocation, elocation^†; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion^†, amotion^†; relegation; deportation, asportation^†; extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage; convection, conduction, contagion; transfer etc. (of property) 783.    transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage^†, carting, cartage; shoveling etc. v.; vection^†, vecture^†, vectitation^†; shipment, freight, wafture^†; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption^†, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion etc. 73; transposition etc. (interchange) 148; traction etc. 285.    [Thing transferred] drift.    ... show more

Polish: delegacja

The act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category.

Mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position.