Meaning of DEVOLUTION
| Pronunciation: | | `devu'looshun
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- [n] the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
- [n] the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
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| | Synonyms: | | degeneration, devolvement |
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| | Antonyms: | | development, evolution | | |
| | See Also: | | attack, delegating, delegation, deputation, obsolescence, process, relegating, relegation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dev`o*lu"tion\, n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F.
d['e]volution.]
1. The act of rolling down. [R.]
The devolution of earth down upon the valleys.
--Woodward.
2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or
devolving upon a successor.
The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel
known and conformable to old constitutional
requisitions. --De Quincey.
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