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relegated

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past tense of relegate

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1 to force to leave a country
  • courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire

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2 to arrange or assign according to type
  • some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism

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“Relegated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relegated. Accessed 23 Jun. 2021.

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