relegate

Verb

relegate (third-person singular simple present relegates, present participle relegating, simple past and past participle relegated)

1. (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
2. (obsolete, rare, reflexive) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
3. (Ancient-Rome, historical, transitive, done to a person) Banish 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. (figuratively, transitive) Remove or send to a place far away.
5. (transitive) Consign (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.
   • 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

   Synonyms:

   debase, demote, humble, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, defame, degrade, demean, depress

6. (transitive) Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
7. (transitive) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
   • After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.

   Antonyms:

   promote

8. (transitive) Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
9. (transitive) Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
10. (archaic, transitive) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

Noun

UK/ˈɹɛlɪɡət/

relegate (plural relegates)

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

Adjective

UK/ˈɹɛlɪɡət/

relegate (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Relegated; exiled.