Synonyms of the word

devolution

• n. A rolling down.
• n. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.
• n. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
• n. (pejorative) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
• n. (Britain) The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign…

degeneration

• n. (uncountable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
• n. (uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished…
• n. (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular…
• n. (countable) A thing that has degenerated.

delegating

• v. present participle of delegate.

delegation

• n. An act of delegating.
• n. A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
• n. (computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential…
• n. (law) A contract whereby the original debtor substitutes a new debtor in his stead, with the creditor’s…

deputation

• n. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy…
• n. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or…
• n. Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation…

devolvement

• n. The act or process of devolving; devolution.

process

• n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
• n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
• n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
• n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
• n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
• n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
• n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
• v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
• v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
• v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
• v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.

relegating

• v. present participle of relegate.

relegation

• n. the act of being relegated.