Noun: relegation ,re-lu'gey-shun
- Mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position
"His relegation to a remote office was seen as a punishment"; "The team's poor performance led to their relegation to a lower division"
- The act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
"His relegation to the B team was disappointing"; "The relegation of that issue to a lower priority upset some stakeholders"
Derived forms: relegations
Type of: assortment, banishment, categorisation [Brit], categorization, classification, compartmentalisation [Brit], compartmentalization, proscription
Encyclopedia: Relegation