relegationn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛlᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌrɛləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English relygacioun, 1500s relegacyon, 1500s– relegation; also Scottish pre-1700 relegacioune, pre-1700 relegatioun, pre-1700 religacioune.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French relegacion ; Latin relēgātiōn- , relēgātiō ; relegate v., -ion suffix¹.

Etymology: < Middle French relegacion, relegation (French relégation ) action of banishing, state of exile (a1374) and its etymon classical Latin relēgātiōn-, relēgātiō banishment, bequest < relēgāt- , past participial stem of relēgāre relegate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. In later use partly also < relegate v. + -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan relegació (14th cent.), Italian relegazione (14th cent.).

a. The action of banishing; the state of temporary exile or banishment; spec. (Roman History) banishment to a certain place at a distance from Rome for a limited time, and without loss of civil rights.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun]

flemeOE

exilec1330

flemingc1374

relegationc1425

sequestrationa1450

exulation1535

extermination1586

deportation1595

exportationa1610

displantation1614

elimination1623

discommonwealthing1647

ejection1655

self-exile1712

uprooting1775

expatriation1816

dissettlement1880

uprootedness1927

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 5505 (MED) Whiles þei treten and procede Touchinge þe exile and proscripcioun, Captiuite, and relygacioun Þat þei caste for Amphymacus, Þer was herde a noyse merveilous.

1543 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) II. 290 Quhilk ward and relegatioun [sc. to Inverness] our said soverane lord injunit to the said erle..uterlie to obtene the saidis lordschippis..to himself.

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie ii. 128 The King after this repealed the former sentences and procured their relegation.

1605 G. Powel Refut. Epist. Apologeticall 112 Banishment..among the Romanes was 3-fold, Interdiction, Relegation, and Deportation.

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox iii. 55 Neither the King nor the Queen, who both agreed in this relegation, did communicate to each other their Thoughts.

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. vi. 245 Other Banished Persons..within the Isle or Region of Relegation, may go or move whither they please.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 502 Deportation which is perpetual, and Relegation which is only for a Time.

1793 W. Godwin Enq. Polit. Justice II. vii. v. 293 Another idea which has suggested itself with regard to the relegation of offenders from the community they have injured, is that of reducing them to a state of slavery or hard labour.

1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) IV. xxxviii. 335 His punishment was not strictly exile, but only the milder form of relegation.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 54 He has been censured, punished in a sort By relegation,—exile, we should say, To a short distance for a little time.

1901 H. Greenidge Legal Procedure Cicero's Time ii. iv. 334 Relegation from Rome, although often practised against non-citizens, was directed against a burgess only once in Republican history.

2005 Oxf. Dict. Classical World (Electronic text) at Tullius Cicero Cicero... was a just, if not a strong, governor [of Cilicia], but he regarded his appointment with horror as a second relegation from Rome.

b. Banishment or consignment of a person to a place. Also in extended use, of a thing.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun] > to a place

relegation1708

1708 R. Fleming First Resurrection ii. 127 I am apt to think, that Jerom was mistaken, when he makes John's Relegation to Patmos so late.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) II. 190 To consider such relegation to the wilderness as a punishment appropriated for criminals.

1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 192 Instead of..welcoming his relegation to the gaol-cell..he resented his removal.

1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. viii. 344 German..still retains as a regular feature the relegation of the finite verb to the end-position of the subordinate clause.

1999 Internat. Migration Rev. 33 86 Relegation to predominantly black areas often means relegation to areas of concentrated poverty.

2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Personal Finance Q. Review) 3/1 Back came..Rolls-Royce, after periods of relegation to the lower regions [of the FT share index].

2. The action of referring, consigning, etc., a thing to a person or body, esp. for some purpose. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > transferring to another to deal with

relegation1844

1844 Ld. Dundonald Let. in Pearson's 76th Catal. (1894) 21 The uniform relegation of all my memorials to successive Governments.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 428 The relegation of the government to the mass of the people.

1945 Times 13 Sept. 4/7 The relegation to Mr. Isaacs of the duty of expounding the Government's policy on demobilization.

1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Dec. 18 This regressiveness..came about because the unemployment system was delegated to the states. The low level of benefits..also result from relegation to the states.

3. Sport. The demotion of a player or team to a lower division of a league; spec. (Association Football) such demotion made on the basis of a team's final position in a league table after a season's play. Opposed to promotion n. 1e.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > league table > promotion or relegation

relegation1894

promotion1907

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > league or division > promotion or relegation

relegation1894

promotion1907

1894 Times 31 Mar. 10/2 Notts County,..have done much to remove the disappointment caused to their friends by the relegation to the second division of the league to which they had to submit this season.

1928 Daily Express 10 Aug. 13/7 Their supporters have recovered from the bitter disappointment felt when relegation became inevitable.

1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 696/1 Teams who plod through the season without any real hope of promotion or fear of relegation.

1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xix. 344 If you split the county [cricket] championship into two divisions with promotion and relegation, you would immediately reintroduce the..competitiveness and challenge on which all..sportsmen thrive.

2003 Daily Star 3 Apr. 48/1 The Black Cats have run out of time to save themselves from relegation following a desperate season.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. In sense 1, as relegation place. rare.

ΚΠ

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 234 The priest, Once fairly at his relegation-place Never once left it.

C2. In sense 3, as relegation match, relegation zone, etc.

ΚΠ

1936 Times 1 Feb. 6/4 A club which, although they have done extremely well this season, are not far enough removed from the relegation zone.

1951 Sport 6 Apr. 6/2 Key man in the successful battle now being waged by West Bromwich Albion to steer clear of the First Division relegation zone is Jack Vernon.

1969 Listener 1 May 625/3 On Saturday, more than 250 million people are estimated to have watched the ninth club from the bottom of the table beat a relegation candidate by the odd goal.

1987 Tennis July 135/1 There's more pressure in a relegation match because you're faced with..going down to the second tier.

2001 S. Armitage Little Green Man (2002) viii. 35 The football droned on, a relegation battle on a soggy night in the Midlands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relegation
释义	relegationn. Brit. /ˌrɛlᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English relygacioun, 1500s relegacyon, 1500s– relegation; also Scottish pre-1700 relegacioune, pre-1700 relegatioun, pre-1700 religacioune. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French relegacion ; Latin relēgātiōn- , relēgātiō ; relegate v., -ion suffix¹. Etymology: < Middle French relegacion, relegation (French relégation ) action of banishing, state of exile (a1374) and its etymon classical Latin relēgātiōn-, relēgātiō banishment, bequest < relēgāt- , past participial stem of relēgāre relegate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. In later use partly also < relegate v. + -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan relegació (14th cent.), Italian relegazione (14th cent.). 1. a. The action of banishing; the state of temporary exile or banishment; spec. (Roman History) banishment to a certain place at a distance from Rome for a limited time, and without loss of civil rights. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun] flemeOE exilec1330 flemingc1374 relegationc1425 sequestrationa1450 exulation1535 extermination1586 deportation1595 exportationa1610 displantation1614 elimination1623 discommonwealthing1647 ejection1655 self-exile1712 uprooting1775 expatriation1816 dissettlement1880 uprootedness1927 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 5505 (MED) Whiles þei treten and procede Touchinge þe exile and proscripcioun, Captiuite, and relygacioun Þat þei caste for Amphymacus, Þer was herde a noyse merveilous. 1543 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) II. 290 Quhilk ward and relegatioun [sc. to Inverness] our said soverane lord injunit to the said erle..uterlie to obtene the saidis lordschippis..to himself. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie ii. 128 The King after this repealed the former sentences and procured their relegation. 1605 G. Powel Refut. Epist. Apologeticall 112 Banishment..among the Romanes was 3-fold, Interdiction, Relegation, and Deportation. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox iii. 55 Neither the King nor the Queen, who both agreed in this relegation, did communicate to each other their Thoughts. a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. vi. 245 Other Banished Persons..within the Isle or Region of Relegation, may go or move whither they please. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 502 Deportation which is perpetual, and Relegation which is only for a Time. 1793 W. Godwin Enq. Polit. Justice II. vii. v. 293 Another idea which has suggested itself with regard to the relegation of offenders from the community they have injured, is that of reducing them to a state of slavery or hard labour. 1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) IV. xxxviii. 335 His punishment was not strictly exile, but only the milder form of relegation. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 54 He has been censured, punished in a sort By relegation,—exile, we should say, To a short distance for a little time. 1901 H. Greenidge Legal Procedure Cicero's Time ii. iv. 334 Relegation from Rome, although often practised against non-citizens, was directed against a burgess only once in Republican history. 2005 Oxf. Dict. Classical World (Electronic text) at Tullius Cicero Cicero... was a just, if not a strong, governor [of Cilicia], but he regarded his appointment with horror as a second relegation from Rome. b. Banishment or consignment of a person to a place. Also in extended use, of a thing. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun] > to a place relegation1708 1708 R. Fleming First Resurrection ii. 127 I am apt to think, that Jerom was mistaken, when he makes John's Relegation to Patmos so late. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) II. 190 To consider such relegation to the wilderness as a punishment appropriated for criminals. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 192 Instead of..welcoming his relegation to the gaol-cell..he resented his removal. 1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. viii. 344 German..still retains as a regular feature the relegation of the finite verb to the end-position of the subordinate clause. 1999 Internat. Migration Rev. 33 86 Relegation to predominantly black areas often means relegation to areas of concentrated poverty. 2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Personal Finance Q. Review) 3/1 Back came..Rolls-Royce, after periods of relegation to the lower regions [of the FT share index]. 2. The action of referring, consigning, etc., a thing to a person or body, esp. for some purpose. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > transferring to another to deal with relegation1844 1844 Ld. Dundonald Let. in Pearson's 76th Catal. (1894) 21 The uniform relegation of all my memorials to successive Governments. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 428 The relegation of the government to the mass of the people. 1945 Times 13 Sept. 4/7 The relegation to Mr. Isaacs of the duty of expounding the Government's policy on demobilization. 1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Dec. 18 This regressiveness..came about because the unemployment system was delegated to the states. The low level of benefits..also result from relegation to the states. 3. Sport. The demotion of a player or team to a lower division of a league; spec. (Association Football) such demotion made on the basis of a team's final position in a league table after a season's play. Opposed to promotion n. 1e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > league table > promotion or relegation relegation1894 promotion1907 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > league or division > promotion or relegation relegation1894 promotion1907 1894 Times 31 Mar. 10/2 Notts County,..have done much to remove the disappointment caused to their friends by the relegation to the second division of the league to which they had to submit this season. 1928 Daily Express 10 Aug. 13/7 Their supporters have recovered from the bitter disappointment felt when relegation became inevitable. 1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 696/1 Teams who plod through the season without any real hope of promotion or fear of relegation. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xix. 344 If you split the county [cricket] championship into two divisions with promotion and relegation, you would immediately reintroduce the..competitiveness and challenge on which all..sportsmen thrive. 2003 Daily Star 3 Apr. 48/1 The Black Cats have run out of time to save themselves from relegation following a desperate season. Compounds General attributive. C1. In sense 1, as relegation place. rare. ΚΠ 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 234 The priest, Once fairly at his relegation-place Never once left it. C2. In sense 3, as relegation match, relegation zone, etc. ΚΠ 1936 Times 1 Feb. 6/4 A club which, although they have done extremely well this season, are not far enough removed from the relegation zone. 1951 Sport 6 Apr. 6/2 Key man in the successful battle now being waged by West Bromwich Albion to steer clear of the First Division relegation zone is Jack Vernon. 1969 Listener 1 May 625/3 On Saturday, more than 250 million people are estimated to have watched the ninth club from the bottom of the table beat a relegation candidate by the odd goal. 1987 Tennis July 135/1 There's more pressure in a relegation match because you're faced with..going down to the second tier. 2001 S. Armitage Little Green Man (2002) viii. 35 The football droned on, a relegation battle on a soggy night in the Midlands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425
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