RELEGATIONS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

relegations

noun

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plural of relegation

as in expulsions

the forced removal from a homeland the relegation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II

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Recent Examples of relegations Given everything that Schalke have endured over the past decade — two relegations, authored by all sorts of coaching, managerial and financial dysfunction — the creeping sense of doom must have felt terribly familiar. —

Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 That’s a significant rise from prior ownership’s 14-year tenure, when the organization had more relegations (two) than European tournament qualifications (one). —

Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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Must Reads From Bloomberg Government Two resignations and two possible expulsions are intensifying chaos in the House and will trigger special elections in the narrowly divided chamber.

— Nancy Cook, Bloomberg, 14 Apr. 2026
Since those three expulsions from the Civil War, only three congressmen have been expelled in recent history.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2026