0 present participle of relegate
1 to put someone or something into a lower or less important rank or position:
It became customary to present definitions before examples and build general results first, relegating concrete applications to witty exercises.
One result was that certain elitist and patriarchal practices found in rural society were replicated in church settings, relegating women to subservient and passive roles.
Spatially peripheralizing the burial site, relegating the fallen revolutionaries to the urban edge, reduced its significance in the city's symbolic landscape.
The central part takes up much more space (around 2), relegating the other parts to the roles of introduction (around 40) and conclusion (around 40).
Seeing triadic interactions as the epicenter of development does not necessitate relegating cultural variability to the sidelines.
Commercial and political spotlights are shining brightly on xenotransplantation, at least temporarily relegating safer policy options to the shadows.
We disagree with relegating ecological validity to this secondary role.
As the development intensifies, key activities are located in relation to a new major route, relegating the original roads to a secondary role.
