DELEGATION

delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation

(noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission

(noun) a group of representatives or delegates

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

delegation (countable and uncountable, plural delegations)

An act of delegating.

A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.

(computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.

Hyponyms: multicast delegation, singlecast delegation

(legal) A contract whereby the original debtor substitutes a new debtor in his stead, with the creditor’s permission.

Anagrams

• degelation, eloignated

Source: Wiktionary

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Del`e*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. delegatio: cf. F. délégation.]

1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

3. (Rom. Law)

Definition: A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. Pothier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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