Verb
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assign to a class or kind
"How should algae be classified?"
"People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
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expel, as if by official decree
"he was banished from his own country"
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assign to a lower position
reduce in rank
"She was demoted because she always speaks up"
"He was broken down to Sergeant"
- kick downstairs -
refer to another person for decision or judgment
"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
- pass on