Choose the Right Synonym for relegate

commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate mean to assign to a person or place for a definite purpose. commit may express the general idea of delivering into another's charge or the special sense of transferring to a superior power or to a special place of custody. committed the felon to prison entrust implies committing with trust and confidence. the president is entrusted with broad powers confide implies entrusting with great assurance or reliance. confided complete control of my affairs to my attorney consign suggests removing from one's control with formality or finality. consigned the damaging notes to the fire relegate implies a consigning to a particular class or sphere often with a suggestion of getting rid of. relegated to an obscure position in the company

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Originally relegate meant "to send into exile, banish". So when you relegate an old sofa to the basement, you're sending it to home-decorating Siberia. When confronted with a matter that no one really wants to face, a chief executive may relegate it to a committee "for further study", which may manage to ignore it for years. It may be annoying to read a newspaper article about a pet project and find that your own contributions have been relegated to a short sentence near the end.

Examples of relegate in a Sentence

The bill has been relegated to committee for discussion. courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire

Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, sites that directly grow or rely on digital celebrity don’t tend to rigorously vet their most famous or influential users, especially when those users relegate their problematic behavior to Discord servers or industry parties. — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, "Twitch's New Policy Covers ‘Serious’ Offenses That Happen Off-Platform," 7 Apr. 2021 Amid the ensuing shouts from the crowd were denunciations of a more insidious plague here in Kenya: public services that work for those with connections and money and relegate everyone else to the back of the line. — Washington Post, "‘They have another door’: Kenya’s vaccine rollout exposes rich-poor divide," 30 Mar. 2021 Flip-flops will relegate any logos to just the side. — Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com, "The best Nike sandal for men," 20 Mar. 2021 This week, the House takes up H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021, what many Republicans say would relegate their party to permanent minority status. — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner, "Unsupervised voting: Democratic expansion plan," 2 Mar. 2021 Most other states relegate the parties to supporting, not selecting who is on the ballot. — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, "Exclusive: Inside the secret meeting at the governor’s mansion that saved Utah’s signature path for candidates," 10 Mar. 2021 The Home Depot’s breach stands out for its sheer size and its potential impact to relegate the magnetic-stripe credit cards so many rely on to the dustbin of obsolete technologies. — The Editors, Scientific American, "Scientific American's Top 10 Science Stories of 2014," 12 Dec. 2014 The Bruins’ meltdown might relegate what once loomed as a colossal showdown into a consolation game. — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, "Some help is needed for UCLA or USC to make Los Angeles a Pac-12 title town," 5 Mar. 2021 The left-handed batter, who is 6-1 and 190, has the type of tools to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in a season, though his so-so defense may relegate him to left field. — John Perrotto, Forbes, "Rays’ Wander Franco Among Top MLB Prospects To Watch This Spring," 2 Mar. 2021

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