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
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.
• degelation, eloignated
Source: Wiktionary
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
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
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